Tapeworm Species Details

Ascotaenia Baer, 1927
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Thysanosomatinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6524
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Thysanosomatinae
Genus Ascotaenia
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Authority Baer, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Avitellina Gough, 1911
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Type Species Ascotaenia pygargi (Cholodkovsky, 1902) Baer, 1927, syn. Thysanosoma pygargi Cholodkovsky, 1902
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Baer, J. G. 1927. Monographie des cestodes de la famille des Anoplocephalidae. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique (Supplement) 10: 1-241.

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Redescription

Schmidt, G. D. 1986. Handbook of tapeworm identification. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 675 pp.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/24/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/06/2014Modified
04/27/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
04/12/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/20/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/06/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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