''Anoplocephala magna'' is a species of

flatworm Platyhelminthes (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), ...

belonging to the family

Anoplocephalidae The Anoplocephalidae are a family of tapeworms containing the genera '' Bertiella'', '' Anoplocephala'', '' Paranoplocephala'', '' Moniezia'', and others.Douthitt, H. (1915)Studies on the Cestode Family: Anoplocephalidae(Vol. 1, No. 3). Universit ...

. The species has almost

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

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