Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium giganteum van Beneden, 1858
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2971
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
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Genus Anthobothrium
Species giganteum
Authority van Beneden, 1858
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scyphophyllidium giganteum (van Beneden, 1858) Woodland, 1927
Synonyms Phyllobothrium giganteum (van Beneden, 1858) Southwell, 1930
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Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1858. Memoire sur les vers intestinaux. Comptes rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Paris, Supplement 2: 1-376.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes van Beneden, 1858 was apparently republished as van Beneden, 1861

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created T.R. Ruhnke and J.N. Caira
02/05/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
09/18/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
06/25/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Total Number of Type Specimens 6
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.