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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.
