Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia serialis (Gervais, 1847) Baillet, 1863
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9292
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
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Genus Taenia
Species serialis
Authority (Gervais, 1847) Baillet, 1863
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Coenurus serialis Gervais, 1847; Taenia serialis serialis (Gervais, 1847) Verster, 1969; Multiceps serialis (Gervais, 1847) Stiles & Stevenson, 1905; Multiceps glomeratus Railliet & Henry, 1915; Taenia antarctica Fuhrmann, 1922; Multiceps packi Christenson, 1929; Multiceps serialis var. theropitheci Schwartz, 1927: Taenia laruei Hamilton, 1940
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Gervais, P. 1847. Sur quelques entozoaires taenioides et hydatides. Academie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier (Section de Sciences) 1: 85-103.

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Baillet, M. C. 1863. Recherches sur un cystique polycephale du lapin et sur le ver qui resulte de sa transformation dans l'intestin du chien. Memeoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-lettres de Toulouse Ser. 6, Tome 1: 452-482.

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Redescription

Verster, A. 1969. A taxonomic revision of the genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 s. str. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 36: 3-58.

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Scientific Name Notes Verster (1969) treats T. serialis as two subspecies: T. s .serialis and T. s. brauni.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/25/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
06/12/2012Modified
08/21/2015ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/12/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/01/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/02/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Lagomorpha
Host Family Leporidae
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Host Notes Metacestode is a multiplying cysticercus on muscles in subcutaneous connective tissue, but also on heart and in serous membranes of lagomorphs. Definitive hosts are canids and hyaenas (Loos-Frank 2000).

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