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WoRMS taxon details

Bothriocephalidae Blanchard, 1849

AphiaID

104936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104936)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Bothriocephalidea

Direct children (11)

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Genus Anantrum Overstreet, 1968
Genus Andycestus Kuchta, Scholz & Bray, 2008
Genus Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808
Genus Clestobothrium Lühe, 1899
Genus Oncodiscus Yamaguti, 1934
Genus Penetrocephalus Rao, 1960
Genus Plicatobothrium Cable & Michaelis, 1967
Genus Plicocestus Kuchta, Scholz & Bray, 2008
Genus Ptychobothrium Lönnberg, 1889
Genus Taphrobothrium Lühe, 1899
Genus Acompsocephalum Rees, 1969 accepted as Anantrum Overstreet, 1968 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Bothriocephalidae Blanchard, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104936 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bray, Rod

2010-09-10 06:16:04Z

changed

Bray, Rod

2018-01-09 12:27:37Z

changed

Gibson, David

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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]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

identification resource Kuchta, R.; Burianova, A.; Jirků, M.; de Chambrier, A.; Oros, M.; Brabec, J.; Scholz, T. (2012). Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. gen. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp. Zootaxa. 3309, 1-35. [details] Available for editors