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Adenocephalus septentrionalis Nybelin, 1931
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7181
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Adenocephalus
Species septentrionalis
Authority Nybelin, 1931
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931
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Citation(s)

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

Delyamure, S. L. 1955. Helminthofauna of marine mammals (ecology and phylogeny). Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1968, Jerusalem, 522 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/08/2010 Created B. Barbeau
12/10/2014Modified
03/30/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
05/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Otariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Callotana
Species ursina
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Callorhinus
Species ursinus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Bering Sea
Island(s) St. George Island
City/Region Alaska
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -the St. George Island is one of the Pribilof Islands

Specimens

Type Material - USNPC Nos. 2765, 2768, 2769. 2817
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes - species described on the base of material colledted by Stilles and Hassall in 1896 under name Bothriocephalus sp., but the type species are not specified by Nybelin (1931)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.