Tapeworm Species Details

Dibothrium speciosum Leidy, 1858
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7438
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Dibothrium
Species speciosum
Authority Leidy, 1858
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus speciosus (Leidy, 1858) Leidy, 1872
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Citation(s)

Leidy, J. 1858. Contributions to helminthology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 110-112.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
05/10/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/01/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/21/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Percifomes
Host Family Percidae
Type Host
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Genus Boleosoma
Species olmstedi
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Etheostoma
Species olmstedi
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.