Tapeworm Species Details

Fossor angertrudae Honess, 1937
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9318
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Fossor
Species angertrudae
Authority Honess, 1937
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Taenia taxidiensis Skinker, 1935
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Honess, R. F. 1937. Un nouveau cestode: Fossor angertrudae n. g., n. sp. du blaireau d'Amerique Taxidea taxus taxus (Schreber 1778). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 15: 363-366.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Verster (1969).

Record Data

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

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Mustelidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Taxidea
Species taxus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Taxidea
Species taxus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Wheatland Plateau, Laramie, Wyoming
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype: USNM 9.053. Paratype: Department of Parasitology, Wyoming Agricultural Experimental Station.
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.