Tapeworm Species Search Results

# ID Order Family Subfamily Genus Subgenus Species Authority #PDFs Taxonomic Status Valid Name Type Host Genus (Literal) Type Host Species (Literal) Type Host Genus (Valid) Type Host Species (Valid) #Images Verified Type Locality (Country) Type Locality (City/Region) Edit
11501 12543 Onchoproteocephalidea I Ophiotaenia rhabdophidis Burt, 1937 0 Rhabdophis stolata 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11502 4931 Trypanorhyncha Tetrarhynchus rhynchobatidis Shipley & Hornell, 1906 1 Species inquirenda Rhynchobatus djiddensis Rhynchobatus djiddensis 2 Yes Sri Lanka Edit
11503 14809 Lecanicephalidea Polypocephalidae Flapocephalus rudkinorum Hanselman & Jensen, 2025 1 Valid Pastinachus ater 4 Yes Sri Lanka Point Pedro Edit
11504 14382 Tetraphyllidea Balanobothriidae Yorkeria sachiniae Caira, Otto & Jensen, 2021 1 Valid Chiloscyllium sp. 1 (sensu Fernando et al. 201 Chiloscyllium sp. 1 (sensu Fernando et al. 201 3 No Sri Lanka Northern Province Edit
11505 12765 Diphyllidea Coronocestus scoliodoni (Sanaka, Vijaya Lakshmi & Hanumantha Rao, 1986) Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013 2 Species inquirenda Chiloscyllium indicum Chiloscyllium indicum 3 Yes Sri Lanka Edit
11506 978 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Amoebotaenia setosa D.R.R. Burt, 1940 1 Synonym Chitinorecta setosa (D.R.R. Burt, 1940) Spasskaya & Spasskii, 1978 Lobipluvia malabarica 0 No Sri Lanka Mannar, Northern Province Edit
11507 4680 Trypanorhyncha Eutetrarhynchidae Didymorhynchus southwelli Beveridge & Campbell, 1988 2 Valid Aetobatus narinari Aetobatus [ocellatus?] 3 Yes Sri Lanka Ceylon Pearl Banks Edit
11508 4881 Trypanorhyncha Tentaculariidae Mixonybelinia southwelli (Palm & Walter, 1999) Palm, 1999 2 Valid Rhina ancylostoma Rhina ancylostoma 5 No Sri Lanka Edit
11509 5090 Trypanorhyncha Tentaculariidae Nybelinia southwelli Palm & Walter, 1999 1 Synonym Mixonybelinia southwelli (Palm & Walter, 1999) Palm, 1999 Rhina ancylostoma Rhina ancylostoma 4 No Sri Lanka Edit
11510 1037 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Choanotaenia stagnatilidis D.R.R. Burt, 1940 1 Synonym Kowalewskiella stagnatilidis (D.R.R. Burt, 1940) Lopez-Neyra, 1952 Tringa stagnatilis 0 No Sri Lanka Mannar, Northern Province Edit
11511 11796 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Kowalewskiella stagnatilidis (Burt, 1940) Lopez-Neyra, 1952 0 Tringa stagnatilis 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11512 1156 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Paricterotaenia tringae Burt, 1940 1 Synonym Anomotaenia tringae (Burt, 1940) Sandeman, 1959 not specified 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11513 13657 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Anomotaenia tringae (Burt, 1940) Sandeman, 1959 1 Valid not specified 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11514 1805 Lecanicephalidea Polypocephalidae Flapocephalus trygonis Deshmukh, 1979 2 Valid Trygon sephen Pastinachus ater 3 Yes Sri Lanka Point Pedro Edit
11515 11076 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Dicranotaenia uragahaensis (Burt, 1944) Yamaguti, 1959 0 Synonym Passerilepis uragahaensis (Burt, 1944) Spasskii, 1961 Harpactes fasciatus Harpactes fasciatus 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11516 11077 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Hymenolepis uragahaensis Burt, 1944 0 Synonym Passerilepis uragahaensis (Burt, 1944) Spasskii, 1961 Harpactes fasciatus Harpactes fasciatus 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11517 14758 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Passerilepis uragahaensis (Burt, 1944) Spasskii, 1961 0 Valid Harpactes fasciatus Harpactes fasciatus 0 No Sri Lanka Edit
11518 8789 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Diplochetos volvulus von Linstow, 1906 1 Synonym Anomotaenia volvulus Sarciophorus malabaricus 0 No Sri Lanka Weligatta Edit
11519 1121 Cyclophyllidea Dilepididae Malika zeylanica Burt, 1940 1 Valid Burhinus oedicnemus indicus 0 No Sri Lanka Mannar, Northern Province Edit
11520 2316 Onchoproteocephalidea I Proteocephalidae Acanthotaeniinae Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903 2 Valid Varanus salvator Varanus salvator 1 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11521 5524 Tetrabothriidea Tetrabothriidae Tetrabothrius Tetrabothrius baeri Burt, 1976 1 Valid Sula leucogastra plotus 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Colombo Edit
11522 5239 Trypanorhyncha Tetrarhynchus balistidis Shipley & Hornell, 1904 2 Species inquirenda Balistes stellatus Balistes mitis 0 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Ceylon Pearl Banks Edit
11523 1699 Diphyllidea Echinobothrium boisii Southwell, 1911 1 Synonym Halysioncum boisii (Southwell, 1911) Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013 Aetobatis [sic] narinari 2 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11524 12745 Diphyllidea Halysioncum boisii (Southwell, 1911) Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013 2 Species inquirenda Aetobatus narinari 3 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11525 4733 Trypanorhyncha Otobothriidae Otobothrium carcharidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Pintner, 1913 3 Valid Carcharias melanopterus Carcharhinus melanopterus 4 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Dutch Bay Edit
11526 5206 Trypanorhyncha Tentacularia carcharidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Southwell, 1929 2 Synonym Otobothrium carcharidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Pintner, 1913 Carcharias melanopterus Carcharhinus melanopterus 3 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Dutch Bay Edit
11527 5240 Trypanorhyncha Otobothriidae Tetrarhynchus carcharidis Shipley & Hornell, 1906 1 Synonym Otobothrium carcharidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Pintner, 1913 Carcharias melanopterus Carcharhinus melanopterus 2 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Dutch Bay Edit
11528 6107 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Pseudhymenolepis eisenbergi Crusz & Sanmugasunderam, 1971 1 Valid Suncus murinus 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Horton Plains Edit
11529 5916 Trypanorhyncha Tentaculariidae Nybelinia equidentata (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Dollfus, 1942 2 Trygon walga Brevitrygon imbricata? 3 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Ceylon Pearl Banks Edit
11530 5242 Trypanorhyncha Tentaculariidae Tetrarhynchus equidentatus Shipley & Hornell, 1906 1 Synonym Nybelinia equidentata (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Dollfus, 1930 Trygon walga Brevitrygon imbricata? 2 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Ceylon Pearl Banks Edit
11531 8624 Trypanorhyncha Tentaculariidae Acoeleorhynchus equidentatus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Poche, 1926 2 Trygon walga Brevitrygon imbricata? 3 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Ceylon Pearl Banks Edit
11532 6104 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Vampirolepis montana Crusz & Sanmugasunderam, 1971 1 Valid Suncus murinus 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Horton Plains Edit
11533 5571 Tetrabothriidea Tetrabothrius Tetrabothrius peregrinatoris Burt, 1976 1 Valid Sula leucogastra plotus 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Colombo Edit
11534 6108 Cyclophyllidea Nematotaeniidae Cylindrotaenia philauti Crusz & Sanmugasunderam, 1971 1 Valid Philautus variabilis 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Horton Plains Edit
11535 6432 Cyclophyllidea Anoplocephalidae Anoplocephalinae Triuterina psittaculae (Burt, 1973) Beveridge, 1994 2 Valid Psittacula calthropae Psittacula calthropae 4 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Nilgala, Eastern Province Edit
11536 8078 Cyclophyllidea Anoplocephalidae Anoplocephalinae Biporouterina psittaculae Burt, 1973 1 Synonym Triuterina psittaculae (Burt, 1973) Psittacula calthropae Psittacula calthropae 3 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Nilgala, Eastern Province Edit
11537 2733 Onchoproteocephalidea I Proteocephalidae Acanthotaeniinae Crepidobothrium shipleyi (von Linstow, 1903) Meggitt, 1927 3 Synonym Acanthotaenia shipleyi von Linstow, 1903 Varanus salvator Varanus salvator 2 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11538 6102 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Vampirolepis solisoricis Crusz & Sanmugasunderam, 1971 1 Valid Solisorex pearsoni 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Horton Plains Edit
11539 4757 Trypanorhyncha Lacistorhynchidae Bombycirhynchus sphyraenaicum (Pintner, 1930) Pintner, 1931 2 Valid Sphyraena commersoni Sphyraena barracuda 4 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11540 4996 Trypanorhyncha Sphyriocephalidae Dibothriorhynchus sphyraenaicus Pintner, 1930 1 Synonym Bombycirhynchus sphaeraenaicum (Pintner, 1930) Pintner, 1931 Sphyraena commersoni Sphyraena barracuda 3 Yes Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11541 6105 Cyclophyllidea Hymenolepididae Hymenolepis sunci Crusz & Sanmugasunderam, 1971 1 Valid Suncus murinus 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Peradeniya Edit
11542 3228 Tetraphyllidea Orygmatobothrium tetraglobum Southwell, 1912 1 Synonym Pithophorus tetraglobus (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1925 Rhynchobatus djeddensis Rhynchobatus djiddensis 2 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Pearl Banks Edit
11543 3357 Tetraphyllidea Clade 4 Pithophorus tetraglobus (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1925 2 Valid Rhynchobatus djeddensis Rhynchobatus djiddensis 3 No Sri Lanka [Ceylon] Edit
11544 251 Caryophyllidea Lytocestidae Lytocestus alestesi Lynsdale, 1956 1 Synonym Lytocestus filiformis (Woodland, 1923) Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925 Alestes nurse Brycinus nurse 0 Yes Sudan Edit
11545 6739 Cyclophyllidea Davaineidae Inermicapsifer arvicanthidis (Kofend, 1917) Baer, 1924 3 Valid Arvicanthis testicularis Arvicanthis niloticus 3 Yes Sudan Kordofan, Kadugli Edit
11546 7126 Cyclophyllidea Davaineidae Anoplocephala arvicanthidis Kofend, 1917 2 Synonym Inermicapsifer arvicanthidis (Kofend, 1917) Baer, 1924 Arvicanthis testicularis Arvicanthis niloticus 2 Yes Sudan Kadukli Edit
11547 6530 Cyclophyllidea Anoplocephalidae Thysanosomatinae Avitellina chalmersi Woodland, 1927 1 Valid Ovis aries 2 Yes Sudan Khor Barboi Edit
11548 174 Caryophyllidea Lytocestidae Caryophyllaeus chalmersius Woodland, 1924 1 Synonym Monobothrioides chalmersius (Woodland, 1924) Hunter, 1930 Clarias anguillaris Clarias anguillaris 2 Yes Sudan Khartoum Edit
11549 12188 Caryophyllidea Lytocestidae Monobothrioides chalmersius (Woodland, 1924) Hunter, 1930 2 Valid Clarias anguillaris Clarias anguillaris 0 Yes Sudan Khartoum Edit
11550 9636 Cyclophyllidea Anoplocephalidae Anoplocephalinae Moniezia chappuisi Baer, 1923 1 Valid Hippotragus beckeri Hippotragus 3 Yes Sudan Bar el Zeruf Edit