Tapeworm Species Details

Prototaenia plastica (Sluiter, 1896) Baer, 1927
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6797
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Prototaenia
Species plastica
Authority (Sluiter, 1896) Baer, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Bertiella plastica (Sluiter, 1896) Stiles & Hassall, 1902
Synonyms Taenia plastica Sluiter, 1896; Bertia plastica (Sluiter, 1896) Bourquin, 1905
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Sluiter, C. P. 1896. Taenia plastica n. sp., eine neue kurzgliedrige Taenia aus Galeopithecus volans. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, lnfektionskrankheiten und Hygiene 19: 941-946.

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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

Beveridge, I. 1989. Species of Bertiella (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in dermopterans and squirrels from South-East Asia. Systematic Parasitology 14: 1-15.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/28/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/19/2014Modified
04/24/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Dermoptera
Host Family Cynocephalidae
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Genus Galeopithecus
Species volans
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Genus Cynocephalus
Species volans
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