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Taenia
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Taenia

4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pork Tapeworm

speciesTaenia solium

Beef Tapeworm

speciesTaenia saginata

Taenia pisiformis

speciesTaenia pisiformis

sheep tapeworm

speciesTaenia ovis

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Taenia in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.347

Taenia in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.348

Taenia in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.471

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372431.