Tapeworm Species Details

Cittotaenia festiva (Rudolphi, 1819) Theiler, 1924
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6904
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Cittotaenia
Species festiva
Authority (Rudolphi, 1819) Theiler, 1924
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Progamotaenia festiva (Rudolphi, 1819) Baer, 1927
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Theiler, G. 1924. On the anatomy of Taenia festiva, Rudolphi, 1819. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 18: 3-13.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and S. Shamsi. 2009. Revision of the Progamotaenia festiva species complex (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Australasian marsupials, with the resurrection of P. fellicola (Nybelin, 1917) comb. nov. Zootaxa 1990: 1-29.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/30/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/21/2014Modified
04/13/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/09/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Diprotodontia
Host Family Macropododae
Type Host
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Genus Halmaturus
Species giganteus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Macropus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host bile duct and gall bladder
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.