Tapeworm Species Details

Glossobothrium nipponicum Yamaguti, 1952
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7563
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Glossobothrium
Species nipponicum
Authority Yamaguti, 1952
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Yes
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Citation(s)

Yamaguti, S. 1952. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 49. Cestodes of fishes, II. Acta Medicinae Okayama 8: 1-76.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -redescribed by Gulyaev and Korotaeva (1989) from Seriolella brama from off Hawaii

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/21/2010 Created B. Barbeau, V. Lopez
09/09/2014Modified
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/29/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/01/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Centrolophidae
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes Found inside the intestine of an unknown fish related to Psenopsis anomala

Type Locality

Country Japan
Body of Water Pacific Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Taizi, Wakayama Prefecture
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.