Taenia

Taenia (Latin for "flat band") can refer to:

  • Taenia (architecture) of Doric columns

In medicine and anatomy

  • Taenia coli of the large intestine
  • Taenia thalami of the mammal brain
  • Taenia of fourth ventricle of the mammal brain

In zoological nomenclature

  • Taenia (genus), a tapeworm genus established by Linnaeus in 1758
  • Taenia, a Trichuridae roundworm genus invalidly established by Pallas in 1766; see Sclerotrichum
  • Taenia, a scarab beetle genus invalidly established by Stebnicka in 2003; now Tanyana
  • Taenia, a bandfish genus invalidly established by Ræse in 1793; now Cepola
  • Taenia, a spelling error for the fungus moth genus Tinea