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Hornellobothrium Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1912
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
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Genus Hornellobothrium
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Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Hornellobothrium cobraformis Shipley & Hornell, 1906
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Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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09/10/2006 Created J. Caira, K. Jensen
07/21/2014Modified
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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