Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 476 |
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| Order | Cyclophyllidea |
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| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Dasyurotaenia |
| Species | robusta |
| Authority | Beddard, 1912 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | Yes |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | V. K. Haukisalmi |
| Citation(s) |
Beddard, F. E. 1912. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. V. On a new genus (Dasyurotaenia) from the Tasmanian devil (Dasyurus ursinus), the type of a new family. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912(2): 677-695. (2804) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Beveridge, I. 1984. Dasyurotaenia robusta Beddard, 1912, and D. dasyuri sp. nov., from carnivorous Australian marsupials. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 185-195. (2809) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 01/10/2006 | Created | Healy, Jones |
| 10/07/2013 | Modified | |
| 07/28/2022 | Modified | V. Haukisalmi |
Type Host
| Host Class | Mammalia | ||||||
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| Host Order | Dasyuromorphia | ||||||
| Host Family | Dasyuridae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | small intestine | ||||||
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Type Locality
| Country | Great Britain |
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| Body of Water | |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | London Zoological Gardens, London |
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Specimens
| Type Material | MNHG 24/53-61 (slides of serial sections) |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | |
| Voucher Material | AHC 8291, S1384 BMNH 1967.9.28.23 |
| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Text-fig. 92. Dasyurotaenia robusta, nat. size. Two views of the same two specimens, to show their attachment to the gut. The left-hand figure represents the interior of the gut, the right-hand figure the outside. Text-fig. 93. Head of scolex of Dasyurotaenia robusta, shown by opening up the cyst on the gut. Text-fig. 94. Transverse section through scolex of D. robusta at about the middle. The central medulla shows the problematical vesicles referred to in the tet in the middle of its extent and the coils of the water-tubes at the end. r. Irregular furrows upon scolex. t. Tube formed by these. A second tube of the same nature lies above and to the right of that lettered. Text-fig. 95. Section through apex of scolex to illustrate relative size of one of two smaller suckers (s.). g. Median groove formed by retraction of sucker. Text-fig. 96. Two consecutive sections through one of two larger suckers bearing hooks. A. Muscular layer of sucker. B. Cellular layer in which lie hooks (H.). Text-fig. 97. Part of transverse section through neck-region of Dasyurotaenia robusta. C. Cortical layer outside of longitudinal muscles (l.m.). me. The thin medullary layer. 
Text-fig. 98. Section through the muscular layer of the cortex, taken at a point further back than that represented in text-fig. 97. l.m. Bundles of longitudinal fibres. t.m. Transverse fibres.Text-fig. 99. Sagittal section to illustrate ventral water vascular tube. V. Projecting valves. v.d. Vas deferens. v.a. Vagina. T. Testes. Text-fig. 100. A portion of the coil of the sperm-duct (sp.) gorged with sperm. c. Interstitial prostatic cells. Text-fig. 101. Saggital section showing in consecutive segments the varying relations of cirrus sac (the larger tube) and vagina. 
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