Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium atlanticum Delyamure & Parukhin, 1968
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7460
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species atlanticum
Authority Delyamure & Parukhin, 1968
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931
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Citation(s)

Delyamure, S. L. and A. M. Parukhin. 1968. A new Diphyllobothrium – parasite of the south-african fur-seal. Biologia Morya 14: 25–33.

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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
02/27/2014Modified
02/24/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/28/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Otariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Arctocephalus
Species pusillus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Arctocephalus
Species pusillus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country South Africa
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
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Specimens

Type Material
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Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -material deposited at Crimea Agricultural and Pedagogical Institute, Simferopol, Ukrajina
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.