Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia simplicissima Leidy, 1887
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2507
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species simplicissima
Authority Leidy, 1887
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus simplicissimus (Leidy, 1887) La Rue, 1911
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia simplicissima (Leidy, 1887) Riggenbach, 1896
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Citation(s)

Leidy, J. 1887. Notice of some parasitic worms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 39: 20-24.

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Scientific Name Notes -La Rue, 1914, indicates that T. simplicissima was unlikely a member of the genus Proteocephalus

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/09/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
02/18/2010Modified

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Genus Gadus
Species collaris
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