Tapeworm Species Details

Thysaniezia ovilla (Rivolta, 1878) Skrjabin, 1926
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Thysanosomatinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6555
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Thysanosomatinae
Genus Thysaniezia
Species ovilla
Authority (Rivolta, 1878) Skrjabin, 1926
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Taenia ovilla Rivolta, 1878; Moniezia ovilla (Rivolta, 1878) Moniez, 1891; Thysanosoma ovilla (Rivolta, 1878) Railliet, 1893; Thysaniezia giardi (Rivolta, 1878) Hudson, 1934; Taenia aculeata Perroncito, 1882; Taenia brandti Kholodkovskii, 1894
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Rivolta, S. 1878. Di una nuova specie di tenia nella pecora - Taenia ovilla. Giornale di Anatomia, Fisiologia e Patologia degli Animali 10: 302-308.

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Skrjabin, K. I. 1926. [Studies on cestodes of family Anoplocephalidae] Etyudy po izucheniyu lentochnyh chervej sem. Anoplocephalidae. Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Instituta Eksperimentalnoj Veterinarii 3: 58-64.

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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 Synonyms by Spasskii (1951). It is disputed whether the valid name for this species is Thysaniezia ovilla or T. giardi.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/24/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
04/21/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/07/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/10/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae (Caprinae)
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