Diphyllobothriidae is a family of Cestoda (tapeworms). Members of this family are gut parasites of vertebrates. In most species the definitive hosts are marine or aquatic mammals such as cetaceans and pinnipeds, the first intermediate host usually being a crustacean and the second intermediate a fish. The genus Diphyllobothrium is found as an adult in mammals and fish-eating birds, including the domestic cat. The genus Spirometra tends to have a land-dwelling or semi-aquatic vertebrate as its second intermediate host, with the adults usually occurring in felines.
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Diphyllobothriidae is a family of Cestoda (tapeworms). Members of this family are gut parasites of vertebrates. In most species the definitive hosts are marine or aquatic mammals such as cetaceans and pinnipeds, the first intermediate host usually being a crustacean and the second intermediate a fish. The genus Diphyllobothrium is found as an adult in mammals and fish-eating birds, including the domestic cat. The genus Spirometra tends to have a land-dwelling or semi-aquatic vertebrate as its second intermediate host, with the adults usually occurring in felines.
==Genera== The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera:- Adenocephalus Nybelin, 1931 Baylisia Markowski, 1952 Baylisiella Markowski, 1952 Dibothriocephalus Lühe, 1899 Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858 Flexobothrium Yurakhno, 1989 Glandicephalus Fuhrmann, 1921 Ligula Bloch, 1782 Multiductus Clarke, 1962 Plicobothrium Rausch & Margolis, 1969 Pyramicocephalus Monticelli, 1890 Schistocephalus Creplin, 1829 Spirometra Faust, Campbell & Kellogg, 1929 Tetragonoporus Skryabin, 1961
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