WoRMS taxon details
Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776) Cooper, 1917
105190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105190)
accepted
Species
Bothriocephalus bipunctatus (Zeder, 1800) · unaccepted (synonym)
Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802) · unaccepted (synonym)
Bothriocephalus rhombi Mola, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taenia scorpii Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine
(of Taenia scorpii Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]
WoRMS (2026). Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776) Cooper, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105190 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Taenia scorpii Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Sobecka, E.; Więcaszek, B.; Eljasik, P.; Panicz, R. (2023). Parasitological and molecular identification of cestode
<i>Bothriocephalus scorpii sensu stricto</i>
in the new host
<i>Chelidonichthys lucerna</i>
(L. 1758) (Triglidae, Scorpaenoidei) from the North Sea. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 90(2): 726-732., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2264911 [details]
Other
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. (2017). Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008. <em>In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from ther Bowels of the Earth.</em> J.N. Caira, K. Jensen (eds) University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, Lawrence, KS, USA, pp. 29-45. [details]
additional source Polyakova, T. A. (2020). Fish cestodes of the Karadag nature reserve and adjacent water areas of the Black Sea. <em>Marine Biological Journal.</em> 5(1): 50-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.21072/mbj.2020.05.1.06
note: Listed as “B. scorpii” (Müller, 1779) [details]
additional source Gordeev, I. I.; Sokolov, S. G. (2023). Helminths of epipelagic fish in the western Bering Sea and southern Sea of Okhotsk. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 140-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.02
note: Sensu lato [details]
additional source Hamerlynck, O.; Geets, A.; Van Damme, P. (1989). The parasites of two sympatric gobies Pomatoschistus minutus and P. lozanoi in the Belgian coastal waters. <em>In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 27-30. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3668350 [details]
[request]additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. (2017). Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008. <em>In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from ther Bowels of the Earth.</em> J.N. Caira, K. Jensen (eds) University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, Lawrence, KS, USA, pp. 29-45. [details]
additional source Polyakova, T. A. (2020). Fish cestodes of the Karadag nature reserve and adjacent water areas of the Black Sea. <em>Marine Biological Journal.</em> 5(1): 50-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.21072/mbj.2020.05.1.06
note: Listed as “B. scorpii” (Müller, 1779) [details]
additional source Gordeev, I. I.; Sokolov, S. G. (2023). Helminths of epipelagic fish in the western Bering Sea and southern Sea of Okhotsk. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(2): 140-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.20.2.02
note: Sensu lato [details]
additional source Hamerlynck, O.; Geets, A.; Van Damme, P. (1989). The parasites of two sympatric gobies Pomatoschistus minutus and P. lozanoi in the Belgian coastal waters. <em>In Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.): Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 november 1988. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 27-30. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3668350 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet parasitic on host [details]Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel) [details]
Habitat endoparasite [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | bruzdogłowiec | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications) (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothriocephalus scorpii)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Bothriocephalus bipunctatus (Zeder, 1800))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (38 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095077)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095086) (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (77 publications) (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bothriocephalus scorpii)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Bothriocephalus bipunctatus (Zeder, 1800))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (38 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095077)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095086) (from synonym Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802))
