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Paraoligorchis Wason & Johnson, 1977
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Species ID 11271
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
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Genus Paraoligorchis
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Authority Wason & Johnson, 1977
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Type Species Paraoligorchis taterae Wason & Johnson, 1977
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Wason, A. and S. Johnson. 1977. A new genus of hymenolepidid cestodes from the Indian gerbil, Tatera indica. Journal of Helminthology 51: 309-312.

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Czaplinski, B. and C. Vaucher. 1994. Family Hymenolepididae Ariola, 1899. In Keys to the cestode parasites of vertebrates, L. F. Khalil, A. Jones, and R. A. Bray (eds). CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 595-663 pp.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/07/2012 Created B. Barbeau, V. K. Haukisalmi
02/06/2015Modified
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips
09/04/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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