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Taenia  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1059440

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Tenia Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Multiceps Goeze, 1782
  
    Taeniarhynchus Weinland, 1858
  
    Fossor Honess, 1937
  
    Tetratirotaenia Abuladze, 1964
  
    Monordotaenia Little, 1967
  
    Fimbriotaenia Kornyushin & Sharpilo, 1986
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876 – flatworms, plathelminthes, platodes, platelminte  
                SubphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985  
                   InfraphylumTrepaxonemata   
                      SuperclassEuneoophora   
                         ClassAcentrosomata   
                            SubclassBothrioneodermata   
                               InfraclassNeodermata   
                                  OrderCyclophyllidea   
                                     FamilyTaeniidae   
                                        SubfamilyTaeniinae Stiles, 1896  
                                           GenusTaenia Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Taenia acinonyxi Ortlepp, 1938  
                                              Species Taenia arctos Haukisalmi, Lavikainen, Laaksonen & Meri, 2011  
                                              Species Taenia brauni Setti, 1897  
                                              Species Taenia caixuepengi Fan et al., 2014  
                                              Species Taenia crassiceps (Zeder, 1800)  
                                              Species Taenia crocutae Mettrick & Beverly-Burton, 1961  
                                              Species Taenia dinniki Jones & Khalil, 1984  
                                              Species Taenia endothoracica (Kirschenblatt, 1948)  
                                              Species Taenia glomerata (Railliet & Henry, 1915)  
                                              Species Taenia gonyamai Ortlepp, 1938  
                                              Species Taenia hyaenae Baer, 1924  
                                              Species Taenia hydatigena Pallas, 1766 – thin-necked bladderworm 
                                              Species Taenia ingwei Ortlepp, 1938  
                                              Species Taenia jaipurensis Sharma et al., 1983  
                                              Species Taenia kotlani Murai et al., 1993  
                                              Species Taenia krabbei Moniez, 1879  
                                              Species Taenia laticollis Rudolphi, 1819  
                                              Species Taenia lynciscapreoli Haukisalmi, Konyaev, Lavikainen, Isomursu & Nakao, 2016  
                                              Species Taenia macrocystis (Diesing, 1850)  
                                              Species Taenia madoquae Jones et al., 1988  
                                              Species Taenia martis (Zeder, 1803)  
                                              Species Taenia multiceps Leske, 1780  
                                              Species Taenia olngojinei Dinnik & Sachs, 1969  
                                              Species Taenia omissa Lühe, 1910  
                                              Species Taenia ovis (Cobbold, 1869) – sheep measles 
                                              Species Taenia parenchymatosa Pushmenkov, 1945  
                                              Species Taenia pencei Rausch, 2003  
                                              Species Taenia pisiformis (Goeze, 1782)  
                                              Species Taenia polyacantha Leuckart, 1856  
                                              Species Taenia pseudolaticollis Verster, 1969  
                                              Species Taenia regis Baer, 1923  
                                              Species Taenia retracta von Linstow, 1903  
                                              Species Taenia rileyi Loewen, 1929  
                                              Species Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782 – cattle tapeworm, beef tapeworm 
                                              Species Taenia saigoni Le-Van-Hoa, 1964  
                                              Species Taenia selousi Mettrick, 1962  
                                              Species Taenia serialis (Gervais, 1845)  
                                              Species Taenia simbae Dinnik & Sachs, 1972  
                                              Species Taenia solium Linnaeus, 1758 – pork tapeworm, pig tapeworm 
                                              Species Taenia suihominis Mathison, Bradbury & Pritt, 2021  
                                              Species Taenia talicei Dollfus, 1960  
                                              Species Taenia taxidiensis Skinker, 1935  
                                              Species Taenia tianguangfui Fan et al., 2014  
                                              Species Taenia twitchelli Schwartz, 1924  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Caira, Janine N., and Kirsten Jensen, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Special Publication, no. 25   
  Page(s): 1-463   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0-89338-002-4   
  Notes: Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/1808/24421   
  Reference for: Taenia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mathison, Blaine A., and Sarah G. H. Sapp  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of the eukaryotic parasites of humans, exclusive of fungi and algae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 1069   
  Page(s): 1-313   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1069.67403   
  Reference for: Taenia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Verster, Anna  
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: A taxonomic revision of the genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 s. str.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 36, no. 1   
  Page(s): 3-58   
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