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Mesocestoides
Sign in to saveMesocestoides is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Mesocestoididae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassCestoda
- OrderCyclophyllidea
- FamilyMesocestoididae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,000
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Mesocestoididae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States
Research
581 papers- Mesocestoides corti intracranial infection as a murine model for neurocysticercosis.Parasitology · 2010
- Global prevalence of Mesocestoides infections in animals - A systematic review and meta-analysis.Veterinary parasitology · 2021
- Molecular identification of Taenia hydatigena and Mesocestoides species based on copro-DNA analysis of wild carnivores in Mongolia.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2020
- Mesocestoides vogae Infection in Dogs: Confusion with Echinococcosis.Japanese journal of infectious diseases · 2025
- Contact between Mesocestoides vogae tetrathyridia induces their division.Parasitology international · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mesocestoides is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Mesocestoididae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mesocestoides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.