Tapeworm Species Details

Echinococcus Rudolphi, 1801
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9408
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
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Genus Echinococcus
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Authority Rudolphi, 1801
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Hydatis Goeze, 1782; Acephalocystis Laennec, 1804; Echinococcifer Bremser, 1819; Liococcus Bremser, 1819; Splanchnococcus Bremser, 1819; Echinokokkus Buhl, 1856; Echinococcifer Weinland, 1858; Alveococcus Abuladze 1960
Genus Record Yes
Type Species Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) Rudolphi, 1801, syn. Hydatigena granulosa Batsch, 1786
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, K. A. 1801. Beobachtungen über die Eingeweidewürmer. Wiedemanns Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie 2: 1-65.

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Redescription

Rausch, R. L. 1994. Family Taeniidae Ludwig, 1886. In Keys to the cestode parasites of vertebrates, L. F. Khalil, A. Jones, and R. A. Bray (eds). CAB Inernational, Wallingford, 751 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes For other possible synonyms, see Abuladze (1964) and Rausch (1994).

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/27/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
04/26/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/05/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/07/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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