Tapeworm Species Details

Polycephalus packi (Christenson, 1929) Sprehn, 1957
Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9623
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Taeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Polycephalus
Species packi
Authority (Christenson, 1929) Sprehn, 1957
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Taenia serialis (Gervais, 1847) Baillet, 1863
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Citation(s)

Christenson, R. O. 1929. A new cestode reared in the dog: Multiceps packi sp. nov. Journal of Parasitology 16: 49-53.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Verster (1969). Verster synonymized M. packi with the nominal subspecies T. s. serialis.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/23/2012 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/03/2014Modified
06/23/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Lagomorpha
Host Family Leporidae
Type Host
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Genus Lepus
Species americanus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Lepus
Species americanus
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Site in Host heart
Host Notes Metacestode a coenurus in the heart of the snowshow hare (L. americanus). Experimental definitive host the dog.

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
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City/Region Aurora, Minnesota
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Specimens

Type Material The type specimen is in the collection of the Department of Zoology, University of Minnesota. Paratypes in the National Museum, and in the collection of the Zoological Division of the U. S. Department of Animal Industry.
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.