Tapeworm Species Details

Monoecocestus decrescens (Diesing, 1856) Fuhrmann, 1932
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6302
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Monoecocestus
Species decrescens
Authority (Diesing, 1856) Fuhrmann, 1932
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia decrescens Diesing, 1856; Schizotaenia decrescens (Diesing, 1856) Janicki,1904; Pecarezia decrescens (Diesing, 1856) Spasskii, 1999
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1856. Zwanzig Arten von Cephalocotyleen. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Matematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche classe 12: 23-38.

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Fuhrmann, O. 1932. Les Ténias des Oiseaux. Mémoires de l’Université de Neuchatel 8: 1-381.

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Redescription

Spasskii, A. A. 1951. Anoplocefalyaty - lentochnye gel'minty domashnyh i dikih zhivotnyh [Anoplocephalate tapeworms of domestic and wild animals]. Osnovy Cestodologii, Vol. 1. K. I. Skrjabin (ed). Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 735 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/07/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/26/2014Modified
04/22/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/23/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/09/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Tayassuidae
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Additional Host(s) Hosts: Tayassu pecari, Pecari tajacu.
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Type Locality

Country Brazil
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.