Anna Johanna Maria Verster, South African veterinarian parasitologist and helminthologist (Bethulie, Free State Province 20 November 1930 – Pretoria 01 September 1994)

Gained international recognition for her studies on hookworms that affects man and animals

Authored A Taxonomic revision of genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 s.str. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 36:358, 1969 regarded as a classic

DESCRIBED CESTODA TAXA    

Species

Taenia pseudolaticollis 1969

Subspecies

Echinococcus granulosus africanus 1965

Echinococcus granulosus newzealandensis 1965

Echinococcus granulosus ortleppi 1965

Taenia ovis krabbei 1969

HONORS

Versternema Bain, Chabaud & Burger 1952 (Nematoda)