Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia polytuberculosus (Megnin, 1880) Schmidt, 1986
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11527
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species polytuberculosus
Authority (Megnin, 1880) Schmidt, 1986
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Coenurus polytuberculosus Megnin, 1880; Multiceps polytuberculosus (Megnin, 1880) Hall, 1910; Cysticercus polytuberculosus (Megnin, 1880) Braun, 1894.
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Citation(s)

Megnin, P. 1880. Sur une nouvelle forme de var vesiculaire. J. Anat. Phys. 16: .

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Schmidt, G. D. 1986. Handbook of tapeworm identification. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 675 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Taxonomic status according to Verster (1969), Orinal description not available.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/20/2012 Created B. Barbeau
04/30/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/07/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/19/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Dipodidae
Type Host
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Genus Dipus
Species sagitta
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Dipus
Species sagitta
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host muscles of femur
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.