Tapeworm Species Details

Adenocephalus Nybelin, 1931
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Species ID 7179
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
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Genus Adenocephalus
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Authority Nybelin, 1931
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931
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Nybelin, O. 1931. Säugetier- und Vogelcestoden von Juan Fernandez. The natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. Vol. III. Zoology 3(4): 493-523.

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Redescription

Hernández-Orts, J. S., R. Kuchta, T. Kuzmina, J. Brabec, and T. Scholz T. 2015. Unexpected morphological plasticity and global geographical distribution of the Pacific human tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum): molecular and morphological survey. Acta Tropica 149: 168–178.

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07/08/2010 Created B. Barbeau
12/12/2013Modified
08/21/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta

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