model
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.
Taenia solium
Wax Models, Lankester 1890 Grant Museum Catalogue, Weisker Wax Models
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
circa 1870 to circa 1890
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
LDUCZ-D74
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)
