Tapeworm Species Details

Frezella Alves, de Chambrier, Scholz & Luque, 2015
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Species ID 13568
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Frezella
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Authority Alves, de Chambrier, Scholz & Luque, 2015
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Type Species Frezella vaucheri Alves, de Chambrier, Scholz & Luque, 2015
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Alves, P. V., A. de Chambrier, T. Scholz, and J. L. Luque. 2015. A new genus and species of proteocephalidean tapeworm (Cestoda), first parasite found in the driftwood catfish Tocantinsia piresi (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from Brazil. Folia Parasitologica 62: 006.

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10/27/2015 Created K. Jensen
12/03/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
01/07/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
08/18/2021ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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