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Testudotaenia testudo (Magath, 1924) Freze 1965
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Genus Testudotaenia
Species testudo
Authority (Magath, 1924) Freze 1965
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Synonyms Ophtotaenia testudo Magath, 1924; Ichthyotaenia testudo (magath, 1924) Meggitt, 1927; Crepidobothrium testudo (Magath, 1924) Meggitt, 1927; Proteocephalus testudo (Magath, 1924) Hughes, Baker et Dawson, 1941
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Magath, T. B. 1924. Ophiotaenia testudo, a new species from Amyda spinifera. Journal of Parasitology 11(1): 44-49.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., S. C. Coquille, J. Mariaux and V. Tkach. 2009. Redescription of Testudotaenia testudo (Magath, 1924) (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Apalone spinifera (Le Sueur) (Reptilia: Trionychidae) and Amia calva L. (Pisces: Amiidae) in North America and erection of the Testudotaeniinae n. subfam. Systematic Parasitology 73: 49-64.

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06/10/2014 Created
11/10/2014Modified
03/30/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

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