Species Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diphyllobothrium perfoliatum Railliet, A. & Henry, A. 1912. Helminthes recueillis par l`Expédition Antarctique française du "Pourquoi-Pas?" II. Cestodes des phoques. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 18: 153-159.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) [PHOCIDAE]
• Diphyllobothrium rufum 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.

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Antarctica.

  Type host:

   Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) [PHOCIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Glandicephalus perfoliatus (Railliet & Henry, 1912). —
  Markowski, S. 1952. The cestodes of seals from the Antarctic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1: 123-150

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 host)), endoparasitic (host(s): Trematomus newnesi Boulenger, 1902 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Dusky Rockcod (intermediate host); Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916 [BATHYDRACONIDAE] Mawson's Dragonfish (intermediate host); Pogonophryne scotti Regan, 1914 [ARTEDIDRACONIDAE] Saddleback Plunderfish (intermediate host); Chionodraco hamatus (Loennberg, 1905) [CHANNICHTHYIDAE] (intermediate host); Chryodraco antarcticus Dollo, 1900 [CHANNICHTHYIDAE] (intermediate host); Pagetopsis macropterus Boulanger, 1907 [CHANNICHTHYIDAE] (intermediate host); Prionodraco evansii Regan, 1914 [BATHYDRACONIDAE] (intermediate host); Trematomus eulepidotus Regan, 1914 [NOTOTHENIIDAE] (intermediate host)).

General References

Prudhoe, S. 1969. Cestodes from fish, birds and whales. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 8: 171-193 (Australian record)

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