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Taenia crassiceps

Species of Cestoda

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 23, 2026
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Source-derived summary

Taenia crassiceps is a tapeworm in the family Taeniidae. It is a parasitic organism whose adult form infects the intestine of carnivores, like canids. It is related to Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, and to Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm. It is commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere, especially throughout Canada and the northern United States.

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The public source identifies “Taenia crassiceps” as species of Cestoda. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Taenia, crassiceps and Species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 56-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Taenia, crassiceps and Species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Taenia crassiceps” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.