Tapeworm Species Details

Abothrium crassum (Bloch, 1779) Lühe, 1899
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14736
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Abothrium
Species crassum
Authority (Bloch, 1779) Lühe, 1899
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Eubothrium crassum (Bloch, 1779) Nybelin, 1922
Synonyms Taenia crassa Bloch, 1779; Taenia proboscidea Batsch, 1786; Bothriocephalus suecicus Lönnberg, 1889; Bothriocephalus proboscideus (Batsch, 1786) Rudolphi, 1810; Bothriocephalus eriocis Rudolphi, 1819
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Citation(s)

Bloch, M.E. 1779. Beytrag zur Naturgeschichte der Würmer, welche in andern Thieren leben. Beschäftigungen der Berlinischen Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 4: 534-561.

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Nybelin, O. 1922. Anatomisch-systematische Studien über Pseudophyllideen. Göteborgs kungl. Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, XXVI, Med bihang 41: 1-228.

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Redescription

Hanzelová, V., T. Scholz, D. Gerdeaux, and R. Kuchta. 2002. A comparative study of Eubothrium crassum (Bloch, 1779) and E. salvelini (Schrank, 1790) (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea), parasites of salmonid fishes in Alpine lakes. Environmental Biology of Fish 64: 245–256.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/23/2024 Created R. Kuchta
10/23/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Salmoniformes
Host Family Salmonidae
Type Host
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Genus Gadus
Species mustela
Subspecies
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Genus Salmo
Species salar
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Host Notes -Bloch (1779) reported from Gadus mustella (= Ciliata mustela) and Muraena anguilla (= Anguilla anguilla)

Type Locality

Country Europe
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Specimens

Type Material -not located
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.