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Monobothrium Diesing, 1863
Caryophyllidea: Caryophyllaeidae
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Species ID 146
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Caryophyllaeidae
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Genus Monobothrium
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Authority Diesing, 1863
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Monobothrium wageneri Nybelin, 1922
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Diesing, K. M. 1863. Revision der Cephalocotyleen. Abtheilung: Paramecocotyleen. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien Mathematische-Naturwissenschuften Classe Abtheilung I. 48(6): 200-345.

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Scholz, T., M. Oros, A. Choudhury, J. Brabec, and A. Waeschenbach. 2015. New circumscription of freshwater fish parasites Monobothrium Diesing, 1863 and Promonobothrium Mackiewicz, 1968 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) using morphological and molecular evidence. Journal of Parasitology 101(1): 29-36.

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Scientific Name Notes Type and only species Monobothrium wageneri Nybelin, 1922 - see Scholz et al. (2015 - PBI 6540) Original description was in fact published in 1864, not in 1863 as incorrectly stated by, e.g., Schmidt (1986) and Mackiewicz (1994)

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/13/2005 Created Scholz, Oros
02/26/2013Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/01/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
04/02/2020ModifiedT. Scholz

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