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)