Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium giljacicum Rutkevich, 1937
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7466
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species giljacicum
Authority Rutkevich, 1937
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931
Synonyms Spirometa giljacica (Rutkevich, 1937) Yamaguti, 1959
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Citation(s)

Rutkevich, N. L. 1937. Diphyllobothrium giljacicum nov. sp. and D. luxi nov. sp., two new tapeworms of man from Sakhalin. In Paper on Helminthology Published in Commemoration of the 30 year jubileum of K.J. Skrjabin, . , , 574–580 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -synonymized by Kuchta et al. 2015

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
02/07/2013Modified
02/25/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/14/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/04/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
Type Host
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s) Sakhalin Island
City/Region
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected in 1928 from 10 Gilyak (Nivkh) people from the west coast of the Sakhalin Island

Specimens

Type Material -not deposited
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.