Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia truncata Pallas, 1781
Spathebothriidea: Acrobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12707
Order Spathebothriidea
Family Acrobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species truncata
Authority Pallas, 1781
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Cyathocephalus truncatus (Pallas, 1781) Kessler, 1868
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Pallas, P. S. 1781. Bemerkungen über die Bandwürmer in Menschen und Thieren. Neue nordische Beyträge zur physikalischen und geographischen Erd- und Völkerbeschreibung, Naturgeschichte und Oekonomie. 1. Band, St. Petersburg und Leipzig : 39-112.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R.,R. Pearson, T. Scholz, O. Ditrich, and P. D. Olson. 2014. Spathebothriidea: survey of species, scolex and egg morphology, and interrelationships of a non-segmented, relictual tapeworm group (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda). Folia Parasitologica 61(4): 331–346.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/06/2013 Created R. Kuchta
08/20/2014Modified
07/28/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Esociformes
Host Family Esocidae
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Genus
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Type Host
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Genus Esox
Species lucius
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region St. Petersburg
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Specimens

Type Material
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Specimen Notes - location of the type material is unknown
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.