Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia confusa Ward, 1896
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9261
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species confusa
Authority Ward, 1896
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782
Synonyms Taeniarhynchus confusa (Ward, 1896) Guyer, 1898
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Ward, H. B. 1896. A new human tapeworm (Taenia confusa n. sp.) an Entozoon, probably of order Cestoidea. West. Med. Rev. 1: 35-36.

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Redescription

Guyer, M. F. 1898. On the structure of Taenia confusa Ward. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 11: 469-492.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Verster (1967). See Chandler (1920) for a subsequent redescription.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/25/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/04/2014Modified
04/28/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/04/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/06/2022ModifiedV. 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 U.S.A.
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