Tapeworm Species Details

Moniezia planissima Stiles, 1892
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6932
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Moniezia
Species planissima
Authority Stiles, 1892
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Moniezia benedeni (Moniez, 1879) Blanchard, 1891
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Stiles, C. W. 1892. Notes sur les parasites. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances et Memoires de la Societe de Biologie 44(4): 665-666.

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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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Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Spasskii (1951). Schmidt, 1986 has "Stiles & Hassall, 1893" as Authority

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/01/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/25/2014Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/21/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/18/2023ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae
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Host Notes Ovis aries, Bos taurus. Type host not specified.

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Specimens

Type Material Bureau of Animal Industry, US Department of Agriculture.
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.