Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Tetraphyllidea > Family Gastrolecithidae

Dinobothrium Van Beneden, 1889

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diplobothrium*	Van Beneden, 1889	synonym
*Gastrolecithus*	Yamaguti, 1952	synonym

Children

Dinobothrium paciferum Sproston, 1948
Dinobothrium plicitum Linton, 1922
Gastrolecithus planus (Linton, 1922) Yamaguti, 1952

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Caira, J. N., Jensen, K., Ruhnke, T. R. (2017). "Tetraphyllidea" van Beneden, 1850 relics. 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. 371-400.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].