Tapeworm Species Details

Octopetalum Baylis, 1914
Cyclophyllidea: Paruterinidae
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Species ID 2117
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Paruterinidae
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Genus Octopetalum
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Authority Baylis, 1914
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Type Species Octopetalum gutterae Baylis, 1914
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Kornyushin, V. V. 1989. [Fauna of Ukraine. Monogeneans and cestodes. Issue 3. Davaineoidea. Biuterineoidea. Paruterinidea] (in Russian). A. P. Markevich and A. A. Spasski (eds.). Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 252 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes Type species: Octopetalum gutterae Baylis, 1914

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01/11/2006 Created Caira , Georgiev
01/04/2013Modified
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

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