Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9290
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species saginata
Authority Goeze, 1782
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia cucurbitina, grandis, saginata Goeze, 1782; Cysticercus bovis Cobbold, 1866; Cysticercus mediocanellata Küchenmeister, 1852; Taenia asiatica Eom & Rim, 1993; Taeniarhynchus saginatus (Goeze, 1782) Weinland, 1858
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Goeze, J. A. E. 1782. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper. Gedruckt bey Philipp Adam Pape, Blankenburg, 471 pp & 44 plat pp.

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Redescription

Abuladze, K. I. 1964. Taeniata of animals and man and diseases caused by them (English translation). Essentials of Cestodology : 549.

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Scientific Name Notes Additonal synonyms according to Verster (1967): Taenia confusa Ward, 1896, Taenia africana Linstow, 1900, Taenia hominis Linstow, 1904, Taenia tonkinensis Railliet & Henry, 1905, Taenia philippina Garrison, 1907, Taenia bremneri Stephens, 1908. Taenia cylindrica Leon, 1922 (for additional older synonyms see Abuladze 1964).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/25/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/08/2012Modified
08/21/2015ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/01/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/06/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
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Host Notes Metacestode is a cysticercus in the musculature of cattle (Bos primigenius) and other ruminants (Loos-Frank 2000).

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