Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium arctocephali Drummond, 1937
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7458
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species arctocephali
Authority Drummond, 1937
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Drummond, F. H. 1937. Lady Julia Percy Island. Reports of the expedition of the McCoy Society for Field Investigations and Research. 16. Cestoda. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 49: 401-404.

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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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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/19/2014Modified
02/24/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/28/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Otariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Arctocephalus
Species tasmanicus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Arctocephalus
Species pusillus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host caecum and colon
Host Notes host name corrected on the base of Berta (2012)

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Southern Ocean
Island(s) Lady Julia Percy Island
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude -38.425
DD Longitude 142
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -not mentioned (probalby not exsit)
Total Number of Type Specimens one mature specimen and a number of immature specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes one mature and a number of immature specimens were found
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.