Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Diphyllobothriidea > Family Diphyllobothriidae > Genus Dibothriocephalus

Dibothriocephalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lühe, 1899

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Taenia Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dibothriocephalus*	Lühe, 1899	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Taenia latum*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Diphyllobothrium latum*	(Linnaeus, 1758) Lühe, 1910	synonym

Literature

additional source	Yamasaki, H.; Otake, M. S.; Kuramochi, T.; Mercado, R. (2023). Genetic characterization of Dibothriocephalus latus and Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) from Chile based on haplotype analysis using mitochondrial DNA markers. Parasitology International. 96: 102767.
additional source	Radačovská, A.; Čisovská Bazsalovicsová, E.; Králová-Hromadová, I. (2022). Mitochondrial and microsatellite data show close genetic relationships between Dibothriocephalus latus from South America (Argentina) and Europe (the Alpine lakes region). Parasitology Research.
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.