Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia laticephala Leidy, 1855
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Species ID 14488
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Taenia
Species laticephala
Authority Leidy, 1855
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Leidy, J. 1855. Notices of some Tape Worms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 443-444.

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Scientific Name Notes Taxonomic status according to Baer (1925).

Record Data

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07/27/2022 Created V. Haukisalmi
07/27/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
07/29/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Erethizontidae
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Genus Erethizon
Species dorsatum
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Genus Erethizon
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.