Peters, W., 1856. Ueber eine neue Taenia. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1856: 469
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Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique |
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Diseases - Parasites |
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Black Rhino |
Taenia gigantea from gut of Diceros bicornis
Description: Taenia gigantea, n. sp.
Caput magnum, latum, globosum, quarilobum, rostello brevi rotundato conico, bothridiis vrassis, margine postico libero; collum subnullum; corpus crassum lanceolatum; articuli brevissimi et latissimi, marginibus postice excisis, angulis obtusis; aperturae genitales marginales secundae; penes filiformes, limbo globoso cincti.
Long.tota 0.120 m; art.max. 0.003 m; lat.max. 0.027-0.029 m; lat.cap. 0.006 m; colli 0.005m.
Habitat in Rhinoceros africanus; in intestiono tenui. Mossambique.
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Ueber eine neue Taenia
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