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

Species ID 1922
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
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Genus Anthemobothrium
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Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Anthemobothrium pulchrum 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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Scientific Name Notes This genus was considered a genus incertae sedis close to Polypocephalus Euzet (1994), a genus inquirendum by Jensen (2005), and valid by Jensen et a. (in review).

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2006 Created J. Caira, K. Jensen
07/18/2014Modified
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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