Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium salvelini Yeh, 1955
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7482
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species salvelini
Authority Yeh, 1955
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Citation(s)

Yeh, L.-S. 1955. A new tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium salvelini sp. nov., from a salmon, Salvelinus alpinus, in Greenland. Journal of Helminthology 29(1-2): 37–43.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
07/27/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/28/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/29/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/02/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Salmoniformes
Host Family Salmonidae
Type Host
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Genus Salvelinus
Species alpinus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Salvelinus
Species alpinus
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Greenland
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Ottostrand
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Specimens

Type Material -BMNH 1952.11.13.556-560 (co-types)
Total Number of Type Specimens -about 30 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.