Diphyllobothrium dendriticum

This article is about the tapeworm. For the infection by adult worms, see Diphyllobothriasis.

Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
Median segments of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Diphyllobothriidea
Family: Diphyllobothriidae
Genus: Diphyllobothrium
Species:
D. dendriticum
Binomial name
Diphyllobothrium dendriticum
(Nitzsch, 1824)

Diphyllobothrium dendriticum is a large pseudophyllid cestode of the family Diphyllobothriidae.

For many years D. dendriticum infection was neglected. Diphyllobothriasis is not a life-threatening disease and most human cases are mild or even asymptomatic. The original distribution of D. dendriticum is circumboreal, but it was also found in Argentina and Chile.

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