Tapeworm Species Details

Sciurotaenia transversaria (Krabbe, 1879) Haukisalmi, 2009
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6871
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Sciurotaenia
Species transversaria
Authority (Krabbe, 1879) Haukisalmi, 2009
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Marmotocephala transversaria (Krabbe, 1879) Gvozdev, Zhigileva & Gulyaev, 2004
Synonyms Taenia transversaria Krabbe, 1879; Anoplocephala transversaria (Krabbe, 1879) Blanchard, 1891; Anoplocephaloides transversaria (Krabbe, 1879) Baer, 1923; Paranoplocephala transversaria (Krabbe, 1879) Baer, 1927
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Krabbe, H. 1879. The Turkestan expedition of A. P. Fedchenko. Part II. Vermes. [in Russian]. Izviestiya Imperatorskogo Obschestva Liubitelei Estestvoznania, Anthropologii i Etnographii 34: 1-23.

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Haukisalmi, V. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the genus Anoplocephaloides Baer, 1923 sensu Rausch (1976), with the description of four new genera (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae). Zootaxa 2057: 1-31.

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Redescription

Gvozdev, E. V., O. N. Zhigileva, and V. D. Gulyaev. 2004. On the position of Taenia transversaria Krabbe, 1879 in the system of anoplocephalids (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Anoplocephalidae (in Russian). Selevinia 2003: 11-15.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/30/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/01/2014Modified
04/24/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/08/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Sciuridae (Xerinae)
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Arctomys
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Marmota
Species sp.
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Turkestan
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Specimens

Type Material Cotypes: MNHG
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.