 Reference Base  Note on the Taenia from the rhinoceros, lately described ... |
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Peters, W., 1871. Note on the Taenia from the rhinoceros, lately described by Dr J. Murie. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 146-147, figs. 1-2
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Taenia gigantea - description Plagiotaenia sp.
The large cestoid worm, described doubtfully by Dr Murie as Taenia magna and based on imperfect specimens from Rhinoceros unicornis, appears to be the same as I found in the small intestine of Diceros bicornis and described in 1856. The accurate figures given by Dr Murie of the individuals of the worm in their different sates agree so perfectly with the African specimens that I cannot hesitate to regard them as belonging to the same species.
It seems to me doubtful whether this species ought to be left together in the same genus with Taenia lata and similar forms; for although the organ for fastening the animal chain does not show any essential difference, still the discrepancy of the complete forms is so great that it seems justifiable to separate them as a peculiar group, for which I propose the name Plagiotaenia, on account of their peculiar and enormous development in the transverse direction.
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