Diphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
- Name authority
- (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Cestoda
- Order
- Diphyllobothriidea
- Family
- Diphyllobothriidae
- Genus
- Diphyllobothrium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
- subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
- classCestoda
- subclassEucestoda
- orderDiphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008
- familyDiphyllobothriidae Lühe, 1910
- genusDiphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858
- speciesDiphyllobothrium mobile (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diphyllobothrium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diphyllobothrium balaenopterae (Lönnberg, 1892) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium lobodoni Yurakhno & Maltsev, 1994 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium macroovatum Yurakhno, 1973 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium minutus Andersen, 1987 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium pseudowilsoni Wojciechowska & Zdzitowiecki, 1995 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium rauschi Andersen, 1987 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diphyllobothrium scoticum (Rennie & Reid, 1912) Meggitt, 1924 | DiphyllobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dibothriocephalus scotti Shipley, 1907 Shipley, 1907 | synonym |
| Dibothriocephalus wilsoni Shipley, 1911 Shipley, 1911 | synonym |
| Diphyllobothrium wilsoni (Shipley, 1907) Railliet & Henry, 1912 (Shipley, 1907) Railliet & Henry, 1912 | synonym |
| Dibothriocephalus mobilis Rennie & Reid, 1912 Rennie & Reid, 1912 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345131 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36G67. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.