Evolutionary transitions in broad tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea)

• Main Author: Natalia Fraija-Fernández, Andrea Waeschenbach, Andrew Briscoe, Suzanne Hocking, Roman Kuchta, Tommi Nyman, D. Timothy J. Littlewood
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Natural History Museum 2021
• Subjects: Brabec; Bray; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5519/pe2kakcr; https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/a2b5a2b0-722d-482e-9bf9-338b31dc2cf2

Broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec and Bray, 2008) are wildlife parasites whose adults are capable of infecting a wide range of freshwater, marine and terrestrial tetrapods. Previous works examining the evolution of habitat and host use in this group was hampered by the lack...