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Seussapex Jensen & Russell, 2014
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Species ID 12890
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
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Genus Seussapex
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Authority Jensen & Russell, 2014
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Type Species Seussapex karybares Jensen & Russel 2014
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Jensen, K and S. L. Russell. 2014. Seussapex, a new genus of lecanicephalidean tapeworm (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) from the stingray genus Himantura (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Indo-West Pacific with investigation of mode of attachment. Folia Parasitologica 61(3): 231-241.

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07/28/2014 Created N. Arisco
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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