Taenia hydatigena
| Taenia hydatigena | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Cyclophyllidea |
| Family: | Taeniidae |
| Genus: | Taenia |
| Species: | T. hydatigena |
| Binomial name | |
| Taenia hydatigena | |
Taenia hydatigena (thin-necked bladderworm, causative agent of cysticercosis) is one of the larval forms of the canine and feline tapeworm. This infection has a worldwide geographic distribution. Humans with taeniasis can infect other humans or animal intermediate hosts by eggs and gravid proglottids passed in the feces.