Tapeworm Species Details

Avitellina goughi Woodland, 1927
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Thysanosomatinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6532
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Thysanosomatinae
Genus Avitellina
Species goughi
Authority Woodland, 1927
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Stilesia centripunctata (Rivolta, 1874) Railliet, 1893 sensu Gough (1909)
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Gough, L. H. 1909. The anatomy of Stilesia centripunctata (Rivolta). In The veterinary bacteriological laboratories, Transvaal Department of Agriculture, . The Government Printing and Stationery Office, Pretoria, 113-131 pp.

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Woodland, W. N. F. 1927. On three new species of Avitellina (Cestoda) from India and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with a re-description of the type-species A. centripunctata (Rivolta), 1874. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 21: 385-414.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/24/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/06/2014Modified
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae (Caprinae)
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Genus Ovis
Species aries
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
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Type Locality

Country South Africa
Body of Water
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City/Region Pretoria, Transvaal
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.