Tapeworm Species Details

Schizotaenia diesingi Hughes, 1941
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14486
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Schizotaenia
Species diesingi
Authority Hughes, 1941
Taxonomic Status Replacement name
Valid Name Monoecocestus decrescens (Diesing, 1856) Fuhrmann, 1932
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Hughes, R. C. 1941. The taeniae of yesterday. Research Monographs (1), School of Arts & Sciences, Bull. Oklahoma Agric. Mech. Coll. 38 (16): 83 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes Hughes (1941) proposed the replacement name Schizotaenia diesingi for Schizotaenia decrescens AUT, which is a homonym of Schizotaenia decrescens AUT.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/27/2022 Created V. Haukisalmi
07/27/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Tayassuidae
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Additional Host(s) Hosts: Tayassu pecari, Pecari tajacu.
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Country Brazil
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