Order DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDEA Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008

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Introduction

Traditionally placed in the order Pseudophyllidea Carus, 1863, this order has recently been supressed based on its polyphylectic nature, first demonstrated by Bray et al. (1999). Subsequent studies have supported the original observations (Kuchta et al. 2008), resulting in the suppression of the Pseudophyllidea and the erection of a new order, Diphyllobothriidea, containing a single family, the Diphyllobothriidae. Adults occur in reptiles, mammals and birds with intermediate stages in crustaceans, fish and reptiles (Bray et al. 1994).

General References

Bray, R.A., Jones. A. & Andersen, K.I. 1994. Order Pseudophyllidea Carus, 1863. pp. 205-247 in Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, UK : Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux International 751 pp.

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, 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

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