Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia taxidiensis Skinker, 1935
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2256
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species taxidiensis
Authority Skinker, 1935
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Monordotenia taxidiensis (Skinker, 1935) Little, 1967; Fossor taxidiensis (Skinker, 1935) Keppner, 1967; Fossor angertrudae Honess, 1937
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Skinker, M. S. 1935. Two new species of tapeworms from carnivores and a redescription of Taenia laticollis Rudolphi, 1819. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83: 211-220.

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Redescription

Rausch, R. 1947. A redescription of Taenia taxidiensis Skinker, 1935. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 14: 73-75.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonyms according to Verster (1969) and Loos-Frank (2000).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/11/2006 Created Jones and Healy, V. K. Haukisalm
05/15/2012Modified
08/21/2015ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/03/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Mustelidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Taxidea
Species taxus
Subspecies taxus
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Taxidea
Species taxus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes Metacestode (cysticercus) parasitizes ground squirrels Spermophilus spp. (Pederson and Leiby 1969, Jenkins and Grundmann 1973, McGee 1980).

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Granite County, Montana
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DD Longitude
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Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC No. 39803 (type), 32840 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.