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

Species ID 1925
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
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Genus Thysanobothrium
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Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Genus inquirendum
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Type Species Thysanobothrium uarnakense 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 synonym of Polypocephalus by many authors (e.g., Euzet, 1994) and a genus inquirendum by Jensen (2005).

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09/10/2006 Created J. Caira, K. Jensen
07/16/2014Modified
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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