Anoplocephalidae

Name

Greek: anoplon = unarmed: kephale = head.

General Information

This family of tapeworms contains several genera with a variety of species. Several of them are important parasites of farmed animals.

Species	Hosts	Distribution
Anoplocephala species	Horses, donkeys, equids	Worldwide
Avitellina centripunctata	Ruminants	Southern Europe, Asia, Africa
Bertiella species	Monkeys, humans	Worldwide
Cittotaenia pectinata	Rabbits	Worldwide
Killigrewia delafondi	Pigeons, doves	Worldwide
Moniezia species	Ruminants	Worldwide
Paranoplacephala mamillana	Equids	Worldwide
Stilesia globipunctata	Ruminants	Europe, Asia, Africa
Thysaniezia giardi	Ruminants	Europe, Asia, Africa
Thysanosoma actinioides	Ruminants	South, North America

The adults which have four suckers, but no rostellum and hooks, live in the intestine of their vertebrate host, while oribatid mites are involved as intermediate hosts, which contain the cysticercoid larvae. Symptoms of diseasewere described as: diarrheas, retarded growth or...