Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium macroovatum Yurakhno, 1973
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7474
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species macroovatum
Authority Yurakhno, 1973
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Yurakhno, M. V. 1973. A new species of cestoda – Diphyllobothrium macroovatum n. sp. (Cestoda, Diphyllobothriidae), a parasite of the grey whale. Vestnik Zoologii 1973(6): 25–29.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
01/29/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/25/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/19/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/06/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/14/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Cetacea
Host Family Eschrichtiidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Eschrichtius
Species gibbosus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Eschrichtius
Species robustus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Bering Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -near the village of Lorino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Specimens

Type Material -ZMUSSR No. Pl 8/3 (holotype) -CHMUSSR No. 18464 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens 2
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -ZMUSSR: Zoological Museum of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR - CHMUSSR: Central Helminthological Museum of the All-Union Institute of Helminthology named after K. I. Scrjabina
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.