Tapeworm Species Details

Fimbriotaenia mustelae (Gmelin, 1790) Kornyushin & Sharpilo, 1986
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9466
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Fimbriotaenia
Species mustelae
Authority (Gmelin, 1790) Kornyushin & Sharpilo, 1986
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Versteria mustelae (Gmelin, 1790) Nakao et al., 2013
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
Citation(s)

Gmelin, J. F. 1790. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. Classis VI. Vermes. Impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 3021-3910 pp.

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Kornyushin, V. V. and L. D. Sharpilo. 1986. [A new taeniid genus (Cestoda, Taeniidae) - parasites of mustelids] (in Russian) Novyj rod teniid (Cestoda, Taeniidae) - parasitov kunih. Vestnik Zoologii 1986: 10-16.

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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 Taxonomic status according to Nakao et al. (2013).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/02/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified
05/03/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
07/27/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Mustelidae
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Genus Mustela
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Genus Mustela
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Host Notes Three definitive hosts given: M. vulgaris [=M. nivalis], M. martis [=Martes sp.] and M. putorius. Type host not specified. Metacestode is a cysticercus in liver. Intermediate hosts primarily rodents.

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