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Echinococcus multilocularis  (Leuckart, 1863)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1204255

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Taenia multilocularis Leuckart, 1863
  
    Echinococcus sibiricensis Rausch & Schiller, 1954
  
    Echinococcus russicensis Tang, Cui, Qian, Kang, Wang, Peng, Lu & Chen, 2007
  
  Common Name(s): fox tapeworm [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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   
                                        SubfamilyEchinococcinae Abuladze, 1960  
                                           GenusEchinococcus Rudolphi, 1801  
                                              SpeciesEchinococcus multilocularis (Leuckart, 1863) – fox tapeworm  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): König, Andreas, and Thomas Romig   
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, an underestimated threat: a model for estimating risk of contact   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Wildlife Biology, vol. 16, no. 3   
  Page(s): 258-266   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1903-220X   
  Notes: doi: 10.2981/09-059   
  Reference for: Echinococcus multilocularis, fox tapeworm [English]   
       
  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: Echinococcus multilocularis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vuitton, Dominique A., Donald P. McManus, Michael T. Rogan, Thomas Romig, Bruno Gottstein, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Parasite, vol. 27, no. 41   
  Page(s): 1-41   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1776-1042   
  Notes: doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020024   
  Reference for: Echinococcus multilocularis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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