Tapeworm Species Details

Thaumasioscolex Cañeda-Guzman, de Chambrier, and Scholz, 2001
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Species ID 12882
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Thaumasioscolex
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Authority Cañeda-Guzman, de Chambrier, and Scholz, 2001
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Cañeda-Guzmán, I. C., A. de Chambrier, and T. Scholz. 2001. Thaumasioscolex didelphidis n. gen., n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocphalidae) from the black-eared opossum Didelphis marsupialis from Mexico, the first proteocephalidean tapeworm from a mammal. Journal of Parasitology 87(3): 639-646.

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07/09/2014 Created V. Lopez
02/25/2015Modified

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