Tapeworm Species Details

Echinococcifer Weinland, 1858
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11499
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
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Genus Echinococcifer
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Authority Weinland, 1858
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Echinococcus Rudolphi, 1801
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
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Weinland, D. F. 1858. Human cestoides. An essay on the tapeworms of man. Metcalf and Co., Cambridge, 93 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes Assigned to Taenia echinococcus Siebold, 1853 (syn. E. granulosus) and Echinococcus hominis Rudolphi (syn. Echinococcus sp.). Type species was not specified.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/20/2012 Created B. Barbeau
05/05/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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