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Catenotaenia (Meggittina) Tenora, 1959
Cyclophyllidea: Catenotaeniidae
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Species ID 12971
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Catenotaeniidae
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Genus Catenotaenia (Meggittina)
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Authority Tenora, 1959
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Meggittina Lynsdale, 1953
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Type Species Meggittina baeri Lynsdale, 1953
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
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Lynsdale, J. A. 1953. On a remarkable new cestode, Meggittina baeri gen. et sp. nov. (Anoplocephalinae) from rodents in Southern Rhodesia. Journal of Helminthology 27: 129-142.

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Tenora, F. 1959. Revizia klassifikacii lentocnyh chervej semejstva Catenotaeniidae Spassky, 1950. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal 38: 1322-1334.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Tenora (1959) reduced Meggittina Lynsdale, 1953 to a subgenus of Catenotaenia Janicki,1910.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/14/2014 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
03/20/2015Modified
09/16/2015ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
04/26/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

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