Tapeworm Species Details

Alveococcus multilocularis (Leuckart, 1863) Abuladze, 1960
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9611
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Alveococcus
Species multilocularis
Authority (Leuckart, 1863) Abuladze, 1960
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Echinococcus multilocularis Leuckart, 1863
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Type Species Yes
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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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Abuladze, K. I. 1960. K voprosu o klassifikatsii teniat [Taeniate taxonomy]. Sbornik Nauchnaya konferentsiya, posvyaschchennaya 40-letiyu Moskovskoi veterinarnoi akademii. Materialy sektsii infektsionnyh in invazionnyh boleznoi : 66-70.

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Abuladze, K. I. 1964. Taeniata of animals and man and diseases caused by them (English translation). Essentials of Cestodology : 549.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/23/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
08/26/2014Modified
04/26/2021ModifiedV. 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 canids, particularly Vulpes spp. Dogs may act as definitive hosts. Metacestode is a multilocular cyst in the liver of rodents; man may be an intermediate host.

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