Species Diphyllobothrium lashleyi (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dibothriocephalus lashleyi Leiper, R.T. & Atkinson, E.L. 1914. Helminthes of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 222-226 [224].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1998.11.17.237, 1914.6.1.348-350, Antarctica.

  Type host:

   Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) [PHOCIDAE]

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) [PHOCIDAE] Weddell Seal (definitive)).

General References

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. II. Eutheria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 126-143 (Australian record)

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