Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia hominis Linstow, 1902
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2241
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species hominis
Authority Linstow, 1902
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

von Linstow, O. 1902. Zwei neue Parasiten des Menschen. Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten. Originale. Abteilung 1 31: 768-771.

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Redescription

von Linstow, O. 1903 (1904). Entozoa des Zoologischen Museums der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l’Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 8: 265-294.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Verster (1967). Verster (1967) gives incorrectly the authority as "Linstow, 1904".

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/10/2006 Created Jones and Healy, V. K. Haukisalm
06/07/2012Modified
04/28/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/04/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/13/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
Type Host
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Genus
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Type Host
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Aschabad [Ashgabat], Turkmenistan
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.