Tapeworm Species Details

Eubothrium fragile (Rudolphi, 1802) Nybelin, 1922
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7541
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Eubothrium
Species fragile
Authority (Rudolphi, 1802) Nybelin, 1922
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia fragilis Rudolphi, 1802; Dibothrium fragile (Rudolphi, 1802) Diesing, 1851; Bothriotaenia fragilis (Rudolphi, 1802) Blanchard, 1894; Abothrium fragile (Rudolphi, 1802) Lühe, 1899
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Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1802. Fortsetzung der Beobachtungen über die Eingeweidewürmer. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie 3: 61-125 + Plate 2.

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Nybelin, O. 1922. Anatomisch-systematische Studien über Pseudophyllideen. Göteborgs kungl. Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, XXVI, Med bihang 41: 1-228.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R., V. Hanzelová, A. P. Shinn, L. G. Poddubnaya, and T. Scholz. 2005. Redescription of Eubothrium fragile (Rudolphi, 1802) and E. rugosum (Batsch, 1786) (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea), parasites of fish in the Holarctic Region. Folia Parasitologica 52: 251-260.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/21/2010 Created B. Barbeau, V. Lopez
06/25/2014Modified
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/04/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/04/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/25/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Clupeiformes
Host Family Clupeidae
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Genus Clupea
Species finta
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Genus Alosa
Species fallax
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Type Locality

Country Europe
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Specimens

Type Material -not located
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.