Tapeworm Species Details

Clestobothrium crassiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1899
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5818
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Clestobothrium
Species crassiceps
Authority (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1899
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus crassiceps Rudolphi, 1819; Bothriocephalus pilula Leuckart, 1819; Dibothrium crassiceps (Rudolphi, 1819) Diesing, 1850
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Lühe, M. 1899. Zur anatomie und systematik der Bothriocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gessellschaft 9: 30-55.

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Redescription

Muns‑Pujadas, L., M. Constenla, and S. Dallarés. 2025. A fresh look at Clestobothrium crassiceps (Rudolphi 1819) Lühe, 1899 (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea) two centuries later: first complete description and novel observations from its type‑host in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology Research 124: 138.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/04/2010 Created B. Barbeau
03/27/2015Modified
06/07/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/04/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/25/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Gadifromes
Host Family Merlucciidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Gadus
Species merluccius
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Merluccius
Species merluccius
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host duodenum
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Neapoli
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes - collected 10. Juli 1817

Specimens

Type Material -ZMB No. 1807 - E
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.