Order BOTHRIOCEPHALIDEA Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008

Bothridium pithonis [from Bray, Jones & Andersen, 1994]

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Glandicephalus perfoliatus

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Introduction

Formerly part of the order Pseudophyllidea Carus, 1863, which was recogniSed as being polyphyletic by Bray et al. (1999), the Bothriocephalidea was erected by Kuchta et al. (2008a) as an independent order. The adults are exclusively parasitic in teleost fishes (Kuchta et al. 2008b).

General References

Bray, R.A., Jones. A. & Hoberg, E.P. 1999. Observations on the phylogeny of the cestode order Pseudophyllidea Carus, 1863. Systematic Parasitology 42: 13-20

Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Revision of the order Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008 (Eucestoda) with amended generic diagnoses and keys to families and genera. Systematic Parasitology 71: 81-136

Kuchta, T., Scholz, T., Brabec, J. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Suppression of the tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) and the proposal of two new orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 49-55

Schmidt, G.D. 1986. Handbook of Tapeworm Identification. Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press 675 pp.