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Rissotaenia Spasskaya & Kolotilova, 1972
Cyclophyllidea: Dilepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1559
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dilepididae
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Genus Rissotaenia
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Authority Spasskaya & Kolotilova, 1972
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Alcataenia Spasskaya, 1971
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Spasskaya, L. P. and E. M. Kolotilova. 1972. Parazity zhivotnykh i rastenii. Stiintsa, Chisinau, 51-58 pp.

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Hoberg, E. P. 1984. Alcataenia pygmaeus sp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from the Whiskered Auklet, Aethia pygmaea, in the Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, with a comment on the genera Alcataenia and Rissotaenia. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 51: 315-319.

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Scientific Name Notes synonymized by Hoberg, 1984

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/12/2007 Created Pickering, Georgiev
04/14/2011Modified
10/20/2016ModifiedA. Phillips
04/01/2024ModifiedA. Phillips

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