Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia decrescens Diesing, 1856
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6986
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Taenia
Species decrescens
Authority Diesing, 1856
Taxonomic Status Homonym
Valid Name Monoecocestus decrescens (Diesing, 1856) Fuhrmann, 1932
Synonyms Schizotaenia decrescens (Diesing, 1856) Janicki, 1904
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1856. Zwanzig Arten von Cephalocotyleen. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Matematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche classe 12: 23-38.

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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 Taenia decrescens Diesing, 1856 is a homonym of Taenia decrescens Creplin, 1849.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/01/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
04/22/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/23/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/25/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/09/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Tayassuidae
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Host Notes Hosts: Tayassu pecari, Pecari tajacu (type host not specified).

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Country Brazil
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