Tapeworm Species Details

Microsomacanthus shetlandicus Cielecka & Zdzitoweicki, 1981
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Species ID 11252
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
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Genus Microsomacanthus
Species shetlandicus
Authority Cielecka & Zdzitoweicki, 1981
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Cielecka, D. and K. Zdzitowiecki. 1981. The tapeworms Microsomacanthus shetlandicus sp. n. (Hymenolepididae) from the Dominican gull of King George Island (South Shetlands, Antarctic). Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences. Série des Sciences Biologiques 29(3/4): 173-180.

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11/07/2012 Created B. Barbeau
06/24/2015ModifiedR. Salamatin

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Host Order Charadriiformes
Host Family Laridae
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Genus Larus
Species dominicanus
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Country Antarctica
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