Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Cestoda > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Tetraphyllidea > Family Taeniidae > Genus Echinococcus

Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hydatigena

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinococcus*	Rudolphi, 1801	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hydatigena granulosus*	Batsch, 1786	objective synonym

Children

Echinococcus granulosus equinus Williams & Sweatman, 1963

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr David Gibson. Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=412736

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Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

no data

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

annex IV

IUCN:
Red List status EN 2008 This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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Last modified

2011-01-24 by Dr David Gibson

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