Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthotaenia varia Beddard, 1913
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12498
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Acanthotaenia
Species varia
Authority Beddard, 1913
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Kapsulotaenia varia (Beddard, 1913) Freze, 1963
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia varia Beddard, 1913; Acanthotaenia varia (Beddard, 1913) Nybelin, 1913; Proteocephalus varius (Beddard, 1913) Baer, 1927; Crepidobothrium varia (Beddard, 1913) Meggitt, 1927
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Type Species No
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. VII. On six species of tapeworms from reptiles, belonging to the genus Ichthyotaenia (s. l.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 4-36.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes de Chambrier et al. (in review: Zootaxa) redescribed the species.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/14/2013 Created B. Barbeau
04/16/2015Modified
02/04/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/09/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/12/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
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Genus Varanus
Species varius
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