Echinococcus equinus Williams & Sweatman, 1963
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Williams, R. J. & G. K. Sweatman. 1963. On the transmission, biology and morphology of Echinococcus granulosus equinus, a new subspecies of hydatid tapeworm in horses in Great Britain. Parasitology 53: 391-407.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- class
- Cestoda
- order
- Cyclophyllidea
- family
- Taeniidae
- genus
- Echinococcus
- species
- Echinococcus equinus
Name
- Synonyms
- Echinococcus granulosus equinus Williams & Sweatman, 1963
- Homonyms
- Echinococcus equinus Williams & Sweatman, 1963
- Common names
- horse tapeworm in language.
Bibliographic References
- Mathison, Blaine A., and Sarah G. H. Sapp, 2021: An annotated checklist of the eukaryotic parasites of humans, exclusive of fungi and algae. ZooKeys, vol. 1069. 1-313.
- Vuitton, Dominique A., Donald P. McManus, Michael T. Rogan, Thomas Romig, Bruno Gottstein, et al., 2020: International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses. Parasite, vol. 27, no. 41. 1-41.