Tapeworm Species Details

Scyphophyllidium giganteum (van Beneden, 1858) Woodland, 1927
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3448
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Scyphophyllidium
Species giganteum
Authority (van Beneden, 1858) Woodland, 1927
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Anthobothrium giganteum van Beneden, 1858 Phyllobothrium giganteum (Van Beneden, 1858) Southwell, 1930
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
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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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Woodland, W. N. F. 1927. A revised classification of the tetraphyllidean Cestoda, with descriptions of some Phyllobothriidae from Plymouth. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 3 95: 519-548.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Van Beneden, 1858 was apperently 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
02/03/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
09/18/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
08/07/2017ModifiedV. Bueno
03/09/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Genus milandre
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Type Host
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Genus Galeorhinus
Species galeus
Subspecies
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Specimens

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