Tapeworm Species Details

Paramoniezia suis Maplestone & Southwell, 1923
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6340
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Paramoniezia
Species suis
Authority Maplestone & Southwell, 1923
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Maplestone, P. A. and T. Southwell. 1923. Notes on Australian cestodes. VII. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 17: 317-331.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. 2014. A review of the genus Paramoniezia Maplestone et Southwell, 1923 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), with a new genus, Phascolocestus, from wombats (Marsupialia) and redescriptions of Moniezia mettami Baylis, 1934 and Moniezia phacochoeri (Baylis, 1927) comb. n. from African warthogs (Artiodactyla). Folia Parasitologica 61: 21–33.

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Scientific Name Notes Taxonomic status based on Beveridge (2014). According to Beveridge (2014), it is most likely that the true host was a macropodid marsupial rather than a pig, and P. suis is a mislabelled specimen of Wallabicestus ewersi.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/08/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/31/2014Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
08/31/2016ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/24/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/10/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
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Genus Sus
Species scrofula
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Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Townsville, North Queensland
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Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.1.29, BMNH 1977.10.25.30, MHNG – PLAT 37278, C123/82–100) (types)
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.