WoRMS taxon details
Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858
105012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105012)
accepted
Genus
Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858 (type by monotypy)
Cordicephalus Wardle, McLeod & Stewart, 1947 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diplogonoporus Lönnberg, 1892 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Lueheella Baer, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species Diphyllobothrium arctocephalinum Johnston, 1937
Species Diphyllobothrium balaenopterae (Lönnberg, 1892) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017
Species Diphyllobothrium cameroni Rausch, 1969
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 minutus Andersen, 1987
Species Diphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
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as Dibothriocephalus alaskensis (Rausch & Williamson, 1958) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (Superseded combination)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 antarcticum (Baird, 1853) accepted as Glandicephalus antarcticus (Baird, 1853) Fuhrmann, 1921 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium archeri (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924 accepted as Diphyllobothrium lashleyi (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium arctocephali Drummond, 1937 accepted as Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium clavatum Railliet & Henry, 1912 accepted as Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912) Markowski, 1952 (synonym)
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 klebanovskii Kuratov & Posokhov, 1988 accepted as Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986 accepted as Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis (Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium krotovi Delyamure, 1955 accepted as Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (synonym)
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 perfoliatum (Railliet & Henry, 1912) accepted as Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912) Markowski, 1952 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium ponticum Delyamure, 1971 accepted as Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium pterocephalum Delyamure & Skryabin, 1967 accepted as Diphyllobothrium elegans (Krabbe, 1865) Meggitt, 1924 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium pygoscelis (Rennie & Reid, 1912) accepted as Diphyllobothrium scoticum (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium resimum Railliet & Henry, 1912 accepted as Diphyllobothrium quadratum (Linstow, 1892) Railliet & Henry, 1912 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium rufum Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 accepted as Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912) Markowski, 1952 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium septentrionalis Nybelin, 1931 accepted as Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium skriabini Yurakhno & Maltsev, 1993 accepted as Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum (Krabbe, 1865) Cooper, 1921 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium tectum (Linstow, 1892) accepted as Baylisiella tecta (Linstow, 1892) (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 yonagoense Yamane, Kamo, Yazaki, Fukumoto & Maejima, 1981 accepted as Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium arctomarinum Serdyukov, 1969 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Diphyllobothrium salvelini Yeh, 1955 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Diphyllobothrium balaenopterae (Lönnberg, 1892) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017
Species Diphyllobothrium cameroni Rausch, 1969
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 minutus Andersen, 1987
Species Diphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
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 antarcticum (Baird, 1853) accepted as Glandicephalus antarcticus (Baird, 1853) Fuhrmann, 1921 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium archeri (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924 accepted as Diphyllobothrium lashleyi (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium arctocephali Drummond, 1937 accepted as Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium clavatum Railliet & Henry, 1912 accepted as Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912) Markowski, 1952 (synonym)
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 klebanovskii Kuratov & Posokhov, 1988 accepted as Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986 accepted as Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis (Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium krotovi Delyamure, 1955 accepted as Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (synonym)
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 perfoliatum (Railliet & Henry, 1912) accepted as Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912) Markowski, 1952 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium ponticum Delyamure, 1971 accepted as Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium pterocephalum Delyamure & Skryabin, 1967 accepted as Diphyllobothrium elegans (Krabbe, 1865) Meggitt, 1924 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium pygoscelis (Rennie & Reid, 1912) accepted as Diphyllobothrium scoticum (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium resimum Railliet & Henry, 1912 accepted as Diphyllobothrium quadratum (Linstow, 1892) Railliet & Henry, 1912 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium rufum Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 accepted as Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912) Markowski, 1952 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium septentrionalis Nybelin, 1931 accepted as Diphyllobothrium pacificum (Nybelin, 1931) accepted as Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium skriabini Yurakhno & Maltsev, 1993 accepted as Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum (Krabbe, 1865) Cooper, 1921 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium tectum (Linstow, 1892) accepted as Baylisiella tecta (Linstow, 1892) (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 yonagoense Yamane, Kamo, Yazaki, Fukumoto & Maejima, 1981 accepted as Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum Cobbold, 1858 (synonym)
Species Diphyllobothrium arctomarinum Serdyukov, 1969 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Diphyllobothrium salvelini Yeh, 1955 (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]
WoRMS (2023). Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105012 on 2023-06-07
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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., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (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
[request]
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]
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., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (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]




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Biology In intestine of cetaceans, rarely humans or dogs. Distribution cosmopolitan. [details]