Traits taxon details
Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858
105012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105012)
accepted
Genus
Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858 (type by monotypy)
Diplogonoporus Lönnberg, 1892 · unaccepted (Synonym)
- Species Diphyllobothrium arctocephalinum Johnston, 1937
- Species Diphyllobothrium balaenopterae (Lönnberg, 1892) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017
- Species Diphyllobothrium cameroni Rausch, 1969
- Species Diphyllobothrium canadense Cooper, 1921
- Species Diphyllobothrium cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911
- Species Diphyllobothrium elegans (Krabbe, 1865) Meggitt, 1924
- Species Diphyllobothrium fayi Rausch, 2005
- Species Diphyllobothrium fuhrmanni Hsu, 1935
- Species Diphyllobothrium gondo Yamaguti, 1942
- Species Diphyllobothrium hians (Diesing, 1850)
- Species Diphyllobothrium hottai Yazaki, Fukumoto & Abe, 1988
- Species Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum (Krabbe, 1865) Cooper, 1921
- Species Diphyllobothrium lashleyi (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924
- Species Diphyllobothrium lobodoni Yurakhno & Maltsev, 1994
- Species Diphyllobothrium macroovatum Yurakhno, 1973
- Species Diphyllobothrium medium (Fahmy, 1954)
- Species Diphyllobothrium minutus Andersen, 1987
- Species Diphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
- Species Diphyllobothrium oblongatum Thomas, 1946
- Species Diphyllobothrium orcini Hatsushika & Shirouzu, 1990
- Species Diphyllobothrium phocarum Delyamure, Kurochkin & Skryabin, 1964
- Species Diphyllobothrium polyrugosum Delyamure & Skrjabin, 1966
- Species Diphyllobothrium pseudowilsoni Wojciechowska & Zdzitowiecki, 1995
- Species Diphyllobothrium quadratum (Linstow, 1892) Railliet & Henry, 1912
- Species Diphyllobothrium rauschi Andersen, 1987
- Species Diphyllobothrium roemeri (Zschokke, 1903) Meggitt, 1924
- Species Diphyllobothrium schistochilus (Germanos, 1895) Cooper, 1921
- Species Diphyllobothrium scoticum (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
- Species Diphyllobothrium sprakeri Hernández-Orts, Kuzmina, Gomez-Puerta & Kuchta, 2021
- Species Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858
- Species Diphyllobothrium tetrapterum (von Siebold, 1848)
- Species Diphyllobothrium alascense Rausch & Williamson, 1958 accepted as Dibothriocephalus alaskensis (Rausch & Williamson, 1958) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium archeri (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924 accepted as Diphyllobothrium lashleyi (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Diphyllobothrium dalliae Rausch, 1956 accepted as Dibothriocephalus dalliae (Rausch, 1956) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) accepted as Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1899 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium ditremum (Creplin, 1825) accepted as Dibothriocephalus ditremus (Creplin, 1825) Lühe, 1899 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium latum (Linnaeus, 1758) Lühe, 1910 accepted as Dibothriocephalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lühe, 1899 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986 accepted as Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis (Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium pterocephalum Delyamure & Skryabin, 1967 accepted as Diphyllobothrium elegans (Krabbe, 1865) Meggitt, 1924 (synonym)
- Species Diphyllobothrium skriabini Yurakhno & Maltsev, 1993 accepted as Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum (Krabbe, 1865) Cooper, 1921 (synonym)
- Species Diphyllobothrium ursi Rausch, 1954 accepted as Dibothriocephalus ursi (Rausch, 1954) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (Superseded combination)
- Species Diphyllobothrium vogeli Kuhlow, 1953 accepted as Diphyllobothrium ditremum (Creplin, 1825) accepted as Dibothriocephalus ditremus (Creplin, 1825) Lühe, 1899 (synonym)
- Species Diphyllobothrium wilsoni (Shipley, 1907) Railliet & Henry, 1912 accepted as Diphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924 (synonym)
- Species Diphyllobothrium arctomarinum Serdyukov, 1969 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Diphyllobothrium salvelini Yeh, 1955 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Diphyllobothrium serpentis Yamaguti, 1935 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, terrestrial
neuter
Cobbold, T. S. (1858). Observations on Entozoa, with notices of several new species, including an account of two experiments in regard to the breeding of Taenia serrata and T. cucumerina. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 22: 155-172.
page(s): 167 [details]
page(s): 167 [details]
Traits (2025). Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105012 on 2025-04-29
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105012 on 2025-04-29
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Camba Reu, Cibran
original description
Cobbold, T. S. (1858). Observations on Entozoa, with notices of several new species, including an account of two experiments in regard to the breeding of Taenia serrata and T. cucumerina. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 22: 155-172.
page(s): 167 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. (2017). Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008. <em>In: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J.N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publucation No. 25, Lawrence, KS USA, pp. 167-189. [details]
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. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 47(13):831-843., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.06.004 [details]
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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 13(1): 3-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00006946
note: Plerocercoids [details]
page(s): 167 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. (2017). Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008. <em>In: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J.N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publucation No. 25, Lawrence, KS USA, pp. 167-189. [details]
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. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 47(13):831-843., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.06.004 [details]
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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 13(1): 3-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00006946
note: Plerocercoids [details]



