Tapeworm Species Details

Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) Rudolphi, 1801
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9410
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Echinococcus
Species granulosus
Authority (Batsch, 1786) Rudolphi, 1801
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Hydatigena granulosa Batsch, 1786; Echinococcus longimanubrius Cameron, 1926; Echinococcus minimus Cameron, 1926; Echinococcus lycaontis Ortlepp, 1934; Echinococcus cameroni Ortlepp, 1937; Echinococcus intermedius López-Neyra and Soler Planas, 1943; Echinococcus patagonicus Szidat, 1960; Echinococcus cepanzoi Szidat, 1971; Echinococcus iraqii Salih and Abdullah, 2002
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Batsch, A. J. G. 1786. Naturgeschichte der Bandwurmgattung überhaupt und ihrer Arten insbesondere, nach dem neuern Beobachtungen in einem systematischen Auszuge. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle, 298 pp.

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

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Redescription

Verster, A. J. M.. 1965. Review of Echinococcus species in South Africa. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 32(1): 7-118.

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Scientific Name Notes Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto includes the genotypes G1, G2 and G3, i.e. sheep and buffalo strains (Nakao et al. 2013). Synonyms according to Nakao et al (2013).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/27/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
12/05/2014Modified
04/08/2016ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/05/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
05/09/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
02/05/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Bovidae (Caprinae)
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Host Notes Definitve host dog

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