Tapeworm Species Details

Catenotaenia oranensis Joyeux & Foley, 1930
Cyclophyllidea: Catenotaeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 380
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Catenotaeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Catenotaenia
Species oranensis
Authority Joyeux & Foley, 1930
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Skrjabinotaenia oranensis (Joyeux & Foley, 1930) Akhumyan, 1946
Synonyms Meggittina numida Jrijer & Neifar, 2014
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Joyeux, C. and H. Foley. 1930. Les helminthes de Meriones shawi shawi Rozet dans le nord de l Algerie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologica de France 55: 353-374.

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Redescription

Jrijer, J and L. Neifar. 2014. Meggittina numida n. sp. (Cyclophyllidea: Catenotaeniidae), a parasite of the Shaw’s jird Meriones shawi (Duvernoy) (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) in Tunisia. Systematic Parasitology 88: 167–174.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Haukisalmi et al. (2018). Redescription based on M. numida.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/05/2006 Created Healy, Georgiev , V. K. Haukisa
03/23/2015Modified
12/01/2015ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/26/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
03/12/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
09/20/2023ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Muridae (Gerbillinae)
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Meriones
Species shawi
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Meriones
Species shawi
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Algeria
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Mascara, Département d’Oran
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MHNG 44896-44898
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.