Tapeworm Species Details

Metacapsifer Spasskii, 1951
Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae
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Species ID 6754
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Davaineidae
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Genus Metacapsifer
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Authority Spasskii, 1951
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Type Species Metacapsifer aberratus (Baer, 1924) Spasskii, 1951
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
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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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Beveridge, I. 1994. Family Anoplocephalidae Cholodkovsky, 1902. Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. : 315-366.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/27/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/22/2014Modified
04/27/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
04/17/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/10/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
11/06/2023ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/21/2024ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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