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

Plicobothrium globicephalae Rausch & Margolis, 1969

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PlicobothriumRausch & Margolis, 1969accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Rausch, R. L.; Margolis, L. (1969). Plicobothrium globicephalae gen. et sp. nov. (Cestoda:Diphyllobothriidae) from the pilot whale, Globicephala melaena Traill, in Newfoundland waters. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 47(5): 745-750.

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

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Plicobothrium globicephalae Rausch & Margolis, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105211

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-09-13 by Rod Bray

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