Tapeworm Species Details

Bertiella esculenta Beveridge, 1985
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6228
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Bertiella
Species esculenta
Authority Beveridge, 1985
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. 1985. The genus Bertiella (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Australasian mammals: new species, new records and redescriptions. Systematic Parasitology 7: 241-289.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/04/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/06/2014Modified
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Diprotodontia
Host Family Pseudocheiridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pseudocheirus
Species cupreus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pseudochirops
Species cupreus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Papua New Guinea
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Mr. Albert Edward, Central Province
Coordinates
DD Latitude -8.416
DD Longitude 147.333
Additional Localities Kosipe, Central Province
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype: SAM V3473. Paratypes: SAM V3474- 3476, AHC $2211.
Total Number of Type Specimens 5
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.