Tapeworm Species Details

Duthiersia elegans Perrier, 1873
Diphyllobothriidea: Solenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7515
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Solenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Duthiersia
Species elegans
Authority Perrier, 1873
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Citation(s)

Perrier, E. 1873. Description d`un genre nouveau de cestoïdes (genre Duthiersia, E.P.). Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Genérale 2: 349-362.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/21/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/07/2012Modified
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/30/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
Type Host
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Genus Varanus
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Type Host
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Genus Varanus
Species niloticus
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes Varan du Nil

Type Locality

Country Senegal
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.