Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Cestoda > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Bothriocephalidea > Family Bothriocephalidae > Genus Bothriocephalus

Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Taenia Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bothriocephalus*	Rudolphi, 1808	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Taenia scorpii*	Mueller, 1776	objective synonym
*Bothriocephalus punctatus*	(Rudolphi, 1802)	synonym

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp.
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	Hamerlynck, O. et al. (1989). The parasites of two sympatric gobies Pomatoschistus minutus and P. lozanoi in the Belgian coastal waters. Pp 27-30 in Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium.
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	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bray, R. (2014). Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105190

Dr David Gibson. Bothriocephalus scorpii (Mueller, 1776). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=411690