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Dibothriocephalus archeri Leiper & Atkinson, 1914
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7394
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Dibothriocephalus
Species archeri
Authority Leiper & Atkinson, 1914
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Diphyllobothrium archeri (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924
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Citation(s)

Leiper, R. T. and E. L. Atkinson. 1914. Helminthes of the British Antarctic Expediton, 1910-1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1: 222-226.

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

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Redescription

Maltsev, V. N. and V. N. Zhdamirov. 1995. On taxonomic status of two species of diphyllobothriids described from the Weddell seals in the Antarctic. Proceedings of the Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography 41: 118–125.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/19/2010 Created B. Barbeau
02/07/2013Modified
08/20/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/30/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
05/10/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
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Genus Leptonychotes
Species weddelli
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Leptonychotes
Species weddelli
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Antarctica
Body of Water Southern Ocean
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.