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Anoplocephala
Sign in to saveAnoplocephala 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. 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.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassCestoda
- OrderCyclophyllidea
- FamilyAnoplocephalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 125
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Anoplocephalidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Malawi, Zaire, Panama
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- Parent taxon
- Anoplocephalidae
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- Anoplocephala perfoliata fig3.jpg
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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. 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.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anoplocephala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.