Object Category
model
Description
Wax model of a hydatid, or scolex or "cysticercus," of pork tape worm with commencing invagination to form the head. Made by Rudolf Weisker. On black wooden base with brass stand.
Binomial Name
Taenia solium
Collection
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
Associated Person
Production Date
circa 1870 to circa 1890
Accession Number
LDUCZ-D74
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Platyzoa
Platyhelminthes (phylum/division)
Neodermata
Cestoda (class)
Eucestoda (subclass)
Cyclophyllidea (order)
Taeniidae (family)
Taenia (genus)
solium (species)
