Tapeworm Species Details

Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9417
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Echinococcus
Species multilocularis
Authority Leuckart, 1863
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia multilocularis Leukart, 1863; Echinococcus alveolaris Klemm, 1883; Echinococcus sibiricensis Rausch and Schiller, 1954; Alveococcus multilocularis (Leukart, 1863) Abuladse, 1960; Echinococcus russicensis Tang, Cui, Qian, Kang, Wang, Peng, Lu and Chen, 2007.
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Leuckart, R. 1863. Die menschlichen parasiten und die von ihnen herrührenden Krankheiten. Ein Hand- und Lehrbuch für Naturforscher und Aerzte. C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig und Heidelberg, 766 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 Synonyms according to Nakao et al. (2013).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/27/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
05/06/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
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Host Notes Definitive hosts are red fox, Arctic fox and other canids. Metacestode is a multilocular (alveolar) cyst in the liver of rodents.

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.