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Anthobothrium ceylonicum Southwell, 1912
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13560
Order Tetraphyllidea
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Genus Anthobothrium
Species ceylonicum
Authority Southwell, 1912
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 259-278.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/23/2015 Created B. Barbeau
10/23/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

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Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
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Genus Trygon
Species kuhlii
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Genus Neotrygon
Species kuhlii
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Site in Host spiral intestine
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Specimen Notes description based on 86 specimens
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.