Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Platyhelminthes - (Class) Neoophora - (Order) Cyclophyllidea - (Family) Taeniidae

Original position

Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Taeniidae (Family) Ludwig, 1886

Original entries

Taenia canina Linnaeus, 1758
Taenia lata Linnaeus, 1758
Taenia solium Linnaeus, 1758
Taenia vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Taeniinae (Subfamily) Ludwig, 1886

Ref: J. Mariaux et al., 2017: table 1 (p. 148).

Alternative positions

Taeniidae (Family) Ludwig, 1886	Ref: WoRMS Editorial Board, 2009-present: 27 Mar 2012.
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1323.

Historical positions

Taeniinae (Subfamily) Ludwig, 1886	Ref: J. Mariaux et al., 2017: table 1 (p. 148).
Eucestoda (Subclass)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Platyhelminthes (Phylum) Gegenbaur, 1859	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 180. [rough position]
Taeniidae (Family) Ludwig, 1886	Ref: G.D. Schmidt, 1982: 820, pl.70.
Taeniidae (Family) Ludwig, 1886	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 599. [inferred name]
Cyclophyllidea (Order) Lankester, 1877	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 444. [rough position]
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1074, 1323.
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 646, 819. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	14s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]