Species Diphyllobothrium scoticum (Rennie & Reid, 1912)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dibothriocephalus scoticus Rennie, J. & Reid, A. 1912. The Cestodes of the Scottish Antarctic Expedition (Scotia). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 48: 441-453 [442].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Antarctica.

  Type host:

   Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) [PHOCIDAE]

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) [PHOCIDAE] Leopard 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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