Tapeworm Species Details

Raillietina cubensis Kouri, 1938
Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7268
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Davaineidae
Subfamily
Genus Raillietina
Species cubensis
Authority Kouri, 1938
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda et incertae sedis
Valid Name
Synonyms Thysanotaenia cubensis (Kouri, 1938) Spasskii, 1951
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Kouri, P.. 1939. Human raillietinosis in Cuba. In Abstact of the communications of the 3rd International Congress of Microbiology, New York, , 176 pp.

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Baer, J. G., P. Kouri, and F. Sotolong. 1949. Anatomie, position systematique et epidemiologie de Inermicapsifer cubensis (Kouri, 1938) Kouri, 1940, cestode parasite de l'Homme a Cuba. Acta Tropica 6: 120-130.

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Scientific Name Notes Baer (1956) considers this to be a junior synonym of Inermicapsifer madagascariensis (Davaine, 1870) Baer, 1956. Description after Kouri & Rappaport (1940).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/09/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/01/2014Modified
04/15/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/07/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/23/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
10/06/2023ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
11/06/2023ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
08/21/2024ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
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Type Locality

Country Cuba
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.