Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium dipsadomorphi (Shipley, 1900) Southwell, 1925
Onchoproteocephalidea I:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2967
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family
Subfamily
Genus Anthobothrium
Species dipsadomorphi
Authority (Shipley, 1900) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Nomen dubium
Valid Name
Synonyms Phyllobothrium dipsadomorphi Shipley, 1900
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. 1900. A description of the Entozoa collected by Dr. Willey during his sojourn in the Western Pacific. Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897, by Arthur Willey. Part 5 : 531-568.

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Southwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This species was collected from the Malagea snake; it is unlikely to be a tetraphyllidean. The species has now been placed under the order Proteocephalidea.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
03/17/2015Modified
06/02/2015ModifiedV. Bueno
03/23/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/06/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
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Host Family
Type Host
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Genus Dipsadomorphus irregularis [Mala
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Type Locality

Country Papua New Guinea
Body of Water Blanche Bay
Island(s) Bismarck Archipelago
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 2
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.