Tapeworm Species Details

Microsomacanthus microsoma (Creplin, 1829) Lopez-Neyra, 1942
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Species ID 11137
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
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Genus Microsomacanthus
Species microsoma
Authority (Creplin, 1829) Lopez-Neyra, 1942
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Taenia microsoma Creplin, 1929; Hymenolepis microsoma Railliet, 1899; Diplacanthus (Dilepis) microsoma Cohn, 1899; Hymenolepis (Drepanidotaenia) microsoma Cohn, 1901; Weinlandia microsoma Mayhew, 1925; Cysticercus limnaei Villot, 1883
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Creplin, F. C. H. 1829. Novae observationes de entozois. Berolini, Apud Ferdinandum Dummlerum, 134 pp.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/06/2012 Created B. Barbeau
09/03/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
06/03/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

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