Tapeworm Species Details

Multiceps polytuberculosus (Megnin, 1880) Hall, 1910
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14314
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Multiceps
Species polytuberculosus
Authority (Megnin, 1880) Hall, 1910
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Coenurus polytuberculosus (Megnin, 1880); Taenia polytuberculosus (Megnin, 1880) Schmidt, 1986; 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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Hall, M. C. 1910. The gid parasite and allied species of the cestode genus Multiceps. U. S. Bur. Anim. Indust. Bull. 125: 68 pp.

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

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/30/2021 Created V. Haukisalmi
04/30/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/07/2022ModifiedV. 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
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Site in Host muscles of femur
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.