Tapeworm Species Details

Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1899
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5826
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Dibothriocephalus
Species dendriticus
Authority (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1899
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1910
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Citation(s)

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

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Waeschenbach, A., J. Brabec, T. Scholz, D. T. J. Littlewood, and R. Kuchta. 2017. The catholic taste of broad tapeworms – multiple routes to human infectio. International Journal for Parasitology 47: 831–843.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/04/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
08/20/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
05/10/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/04/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/16/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Charadriiformes
Host Family Laridae
Type Host
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Genus Larus
Species tridactylus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rissa
Species tridactyla
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Chroicocephalus ridibundus (as Larus ridibundus)
Site in Host intestine
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Type Locality

Country Germany
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.