Tapeworm Species Details

Parabothrium bulbiferum Nybelin, 1922
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7747
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Parabothrium
Species bulbiferum
Authority Nybelin, 1922
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia aus Grulus pallachius Rathke, 1799; Taenia gadi pollachii Rudolphi, 1810 (in part); Taenia pollachii Rudolphi, 1819, Diesing 1850-51; Bothriocephalus ?rugosus Dujardin, 1845; Bothriocephalus rugosus Gurlt 1845 e. p., Olsson 1867 e. p., 1868 e. p.. 1893 e. p., P. J. v. Beneden 1871, v. Linstow 1878 ae. p.. Matz 1892 e. p.; Dibothrium rugosum Diesing 1850-51 e. p.; Abothrium gadi P. J. v. Beneden 1871 e. p., v. Linstow 1878 a e. p.; ?Bothriocephalus crassiceps Megnin 1883; Abothrium rugosum Lönnberg 1889; Bothriotaenia rugosa Blanchard, 1894
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
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Citation(s)

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

Willams, H. H. 1960. Some observations on Parabothrium gadi-pollachii (Rudolphi, 1810) and Abothrium gadi van Beneden 1870 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) including an account of their mode of attachment and of variation in the two species . Parasitology 50: 303-322.

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Scientific Name Notes -In order to avoid the confusion caused by a very simple and inadequate original description of Taenia gadipollachii, Nybelin (1922) proposed Parabothrium bulbiferum as a new name for tapeworms found in gadids that do not belong to Abothrium gadi. P. bulbiferum

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/26/2014Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/07/2017ModifiedM. Oros
06/22/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/15/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Gadiformes
Host Family Gadidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Gadus
Species callarias
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Gadus
Species morhua
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) -Gadus aeglefinus (=Melanogrammus aeglefinus); Gadus pollachius (= Pollachus pollachius); Gadus virens (Pollachius virens)
Site in Host
Host Notes -Nybelin first listed "type host": Vom Lönnberg´schen Materiale seines Aabothrium gadi habe ich folgende Funde als zu dieser Art gehörig feststellen können: Gadus callarias L. (Norwegen, Glaesvaer bei Bergen, 1889)...

Type Locality

Country Norway
Body of Water North Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Glaesvaer bei Bergen
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities -Norway: Bohuslän, Trillingesand; Bohuslän, Kristinberg; Trondhjemsfjord
Locality Notes -Nybelin first listed "type locality": Vom Lönnberg´schen Materiale seines Aabothrium gadi habe ich folgende Funde als zu dieser Art gehörig feststellen können: Gadus callarias L. (Norwegen, Glaesvaer bei Bergen, 1889)...

Specimens

Type Material Mehrer, zum Teil sehr gut konservierte Museums-exemplare (G. M., R. M., U. M.), grösstenteils aus dem von Lönnberg zusammengebrachten Materiale.
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.