Tapeworm Species Details

Moniezia expansa (Rudolphi, 1810) Blanchard, 1891
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6324
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Moniezia
Species expansa
Authority (Rudolphi, 1810) Blanchard, 1891
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia expansa Rudolphi, 1810; Alyselminthus expansus (Rudolphi, 1810) Blainville, 1828
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1810. Entozoorum, sive vermium intestinalium. Historia naturalis. Volumen II, Part II. Sumptibus Tabernae Librariae et Artium, Amstelaedami, 386 pp.

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Blanchard, R. 1891. Notices helminthologiques (deuxième série). Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 4: 420-466.

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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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Scientific Name Notes Spasskii (1951) lists other probable synonyms: Taenia ovina Goeze, 1782; Taenia vasi Bloch, 1782; Taenia capreoli Viborg, 1795; Halysis ovina (Goeze, 1782) Zeder, 1803; Moniezia trigonophora Stiles & Hassall, 1893; Taenia denticulata Mayer, 1837; Moniezia oblongiceps Stiles & Hassall, 1893; Moniezia rangiferina Kolmakov, 1938.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/07/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/25/2014Modified
11/19/2015ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
09/16/2017ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/19/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/10/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae (Caprinae)
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Genus Ovis
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Country Italy
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype: Smithsonian Institution USNM 1315399
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.