Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Phyllobothriidea > Family Phyllobothriidae > Genus Phyllobothrium

Phyllobothrium lactuca Van Beneden, 1850

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PhyllobothriumVan Beneden, 1850accepted genus name

Literature

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

additional source

Ruhnke, T. R., Caira, J. N., Pickering, M. (2017). Phyllobothriidea Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 305-326.

additional source

Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.

additional source

Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

redescription

Yamaguti, S. (1952). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 49. Cestodes of Fishes, II. Acta Medica Okayama. 3 (1): 1–76.

redescription

Yoshida, S. (1917). Some cestodes from Japanese selachians, including five new species. Parasitology Cambridge. 9: 560–592.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Phyllobothrium lactuca Van Beneden, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105310

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2017-10-23 by Rod Bray

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