Object Category
model
Common Name
Tapeworm
Description
Wax model of head of pork tapeworm by Rudolf Weisker. Model is damaged. On black wood base with brass stand.
Binomial Name
Taenia solium
Collection
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
Associated Person
Production Date
possibly 1880
Accession Number
LDUCZ-D79
Administration Name
Grant Museum of Zoology
Hierarchy
Animalia (kingdom)
Eumetazoa (subkingdom)
Bilateria
Protostomia
Platyzoa
Platyhelminthes (phylum/division)
Neodermata
Cestoidea (class)
Eucestoda (subclass)
Cyclophyllidea (order)
Taeniidae (family)
Taenia (genus)
solium (species)
