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Paradilepis macracantha Joyeux & Baer, 1935
Cyclophyllidea: Gryporhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11911
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Gryporhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Paradilepis
Species macracantha
Authority Joyeux & Baer, 1935
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Amirthalingamia macracantha (Joyeux & Baer, 1935) Bray, 1974
Synonyms Dilepis delachauxi Joyeux & Baer, 1930 nec Furhmann, 1909
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Citation(s)

Joyeux, C. and Baer, J-G. 1930. Mission Saharienne Augiéras-Draper, 1927-1928. Cestodes. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Ser. 2) 2: 217-223.

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Joyeux, C. and J.-G. Baer. 1936. Notices helminthologiques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 60(6): 482-501.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This species was first described by Joyeux & Baer (1930), under the name Dilepis delachauxi (Fuhrmann, 1909), from Phalacrocorax africanus from two localities in the Niger valley, in Mali.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/17/2013 Created B. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips
08/24/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Suliformes
Host Family Phalacrocoracidae
Type Host
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Genus Phalacrocorax
Species africanus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Microcarbo
Species africanus
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Mali
Body of Water Niger valley
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.