Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia faranciae MacCallum, 1921
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2498
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species faranciae
Authority MacCallum, 1921
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia faranciae (MacCallum, 1921) Yamaguti, 1959
Synonyms Proteocephalus faranciae (MacCallum, 1921) Harwood, 1932
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

MacCallum, G. A. 1921. Studies in Helminthology. Part 1. Trematodes. Part 2. Cestodes. Part 3. Nematodes. Zoopathologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society on the Diseases of Animals 1(6): 135-284.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/10/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
03/15/2010Modified
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Type Host
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Genus Farancia
Species abacura
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host stomach and intestines
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
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City/Region Zoological Park, New York
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.