Tapeworm Species Details

Phyllobothrium perfectum (van Beneden, 1853) Southwell, 1925
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3323
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Phyllobothrium
Species perfectum
Authority (van Beneden, 1853) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Monorygma perfectum (van Beneden, 1853) Diesing, 1863
Synonyms Anthobothrium perfectum van Beneden, 1853
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1853. Sur un poisson rare de nos côtes (Scimnus glacialis) et ses parasites. Bulletins de l‘Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique 20(2): 258-263.

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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 Southwell (1925) considers Phyllobothrium and Monorygma to be synonmyms thereby making this new combination

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created T.R. Ruhnke and J.N. Caira
02/05/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
09/18/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
03/11/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Host Family
Type Host
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Genus
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Somniosus
Species microcephalus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country not given
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material BMNH 1979.1.15.39–43; MNHN HEL 39–146
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.