Tapeworm Species Details

Stilesia okapi Leiper, 1935
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Thysanosomatinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6549
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Thysanosomatinae
Genus Stilesia
Species okapi
Authority Leiper, 1935
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
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Baer, J. G. 1950. Etude critique des helminthes parasites de l’Okapi. Acta tropica 7: 164-186.

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Scientific Name Notes Baer (1950) treats S. okapi as S. globipunctata var. okapi.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/24/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/01/2014Modified
07/16/2019ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/05/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Giraffidae
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Genus Okapia
Species johnstoni
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Additional Localities From the okapi "living in the Society's Gardens" (London).
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.