Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia scorpii Müller, 1776
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13993
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species scorpii
Authority Müller, 1776
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776) Cooper, 1917
Synonyms Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802); Bothriocephalus bipunctatus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1899
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Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu, Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae:Typis Hallageriis,1776, , pp.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/31/2018 Created R. Kuchta
05/31/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Scorpaeniformes
Host Family Cottidae
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Genus Cottus
Species scorpius
Subspecies
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Genus Myxocephalus
Species scorpius
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Danmark
Body of Water Baltic Sea
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.