Tapeworm Species Details

Laruella Scholz, Choudhury, & McAllister, 2022
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Species ID 14631
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Laruella
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Authority Scholz, Choudhury, & McAllister, 2022
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Type Species Laruella perplexa (La Rue, 1911) Scholz, Choudhury, & McAllister, 2022
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Scholz, T., A. Choudhury, C. T. McAllister. 2022. A young parasite in an old fish host: A new genus for proteocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda) of bowfin (Amia calva) (Holostei: Amiiformes), and a revised list of its cestodes. International Journal of Parasitology-Parasite and Wildlife 18: 101–111.

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08/07/2023 Created R. Kuchta
08/07/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

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