Biology:Anoplocephala

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Short description: Genus of flatworms

Anoplocephala
A. perfoliata on horse
A. perfoliata on horse
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Anoplocephalidae
Genus: Anoplocephala
Blanchard, 1848
Type species
A. perfoliata
Species

Anoplocephala is a genus of tapeworms in the family Anoplocephalidae named in 1848 by Émile Blanchard. The type species is Anoplocephala perfoliata, which was originally described as Taenia perfoliata.[1] Anoplocephala is a cestode, belonging to the Cestoda class, meaning that it is a Flatworm parasite. They can be found in fifty-six percent of the wild rhino population in Assam, India.[2]

References

  1. Baer, J G (1923). "Considérations sur le genre Anoplocephala". Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 48. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12632883#page/9/mode/1up. 
  2. O'Connor, Luke; Choudhury, Bhaskar; Ali, Samshul; Bull, Katie; Morgan, Eric (December 2018). "A SURVEY OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF WILD AND ORPHAN GREATER ONE-HORNED RHINO (RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS) IN KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, ASSAM, INDIA". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49 (4): 1051–1053. doi:10.1638/2018-0051.1. ISSN 1042-7260. PMID 30592923. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17118734 entry