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Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824)

105200  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105200)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Cestoda (Class)
  7. Eucestoda (Subclass)
  8. Diphyllobothriidea (Order)
  9. Diphyllobothriidae (Family)
  10. Diphyllobothrium (Genus)
  11. Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Species)
 unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Species
Diphyllobothrium norvegicum Vik, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; the lower St. Lawrence estuary  
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; the lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
WoRMS (2025). Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105200 on 2025-05-27
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bray, Rod
2017-08-19 15:16:46Z
changed
Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Waeschenbach, A., J. Brabec, T. Scholz, D.T. Littlewood & R. Kuchta. (2017). The catholic taste of broad tapeworms – multiple routes to human infection. International Journal for Parasitology. 47(13):831-843., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.06.004 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Andersen, K. I.; Gibson, D. I. (1989). A key to three species of larval Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) occurring in European and North American freshwater fishes. Systematic Parasitology. 13(1): 3-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00006946
note: Plerocercoid [details] 

Other

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. (2017). Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008. In: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. J.N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publucation No. 25, Lawrence, KS USA, pp. 167-189. [details] 

additional source Poyraz, E.; Yildirimhan, H. S.; Birlik, S.; Sümer, N.; Girisgin, A. O. (2022). Helminth Parasites of Yellow-Legged Gull Larus michahellis (Charadriiformes) from Bursa, Turkey. Comparative Parasitology. 89(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/copa-d-22-00006
note: As Diphyllobothrium dentriticum [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution upstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; the lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]

Habitat upper epipelagicendoparasite found in Osmerus mordax. [details]
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