Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus similis Krabbe, 1865
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7388
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species similis
Authority Krabbe, 1865
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Krabbe, H. 1865. Helminthologiske Undersogelser i Danmark og paa Island, med saerligt Hensyn til Blaereormlidelserne paa Island. Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri ved F. S. Muhle. Kjobenhavn, , 1-92 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes -probalby related to Diphyllobothrium or Dibothriocephalus

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/14/2010 Created B. Barbeau
02/07/2013Modified
05/31/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/21/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Canidae
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Genus Alopex
Species lagopus
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Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes -"hos flere Fjeldræve"

Type Locality

Country Greenland
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Specimens

Type Material ZMUC
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Specimen Notes Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.