Tapeworm Species Details

Alyselminthus expansus (Rudolphi, 1810) Blainville, 1828
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6919
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Alyselminthus
Species expansus
Authority (Rudolphi, 1810) Blainville, 1828
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Moniezia expansa (Rudolphi, 1810) Blanchard, 1891
Synonyms Taenia expansa Rudolphi, 1810
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1810. Entozoorum, sive vermium intestinalium. Historia naturalis. Volumen II, Part II. Sumptibus Tabernae Librariae et Artium, Amstelaedami, 386 pp.

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De Blainville, H. 1828. Vers Intestineux. In Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, F. G. Levrault (ed). Le Normant, Paris, 501-612, pl. 1-48 pp.

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Redescription

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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/01/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/02/2014Modified
08/25/2017ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/09/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/07/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae (Caprinae)
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Host Notes "Hab. in Ovium".

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