Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus brevis (MacCallum, 1921) Hughes, Baker & Dawson, 1941
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Species ID 2422
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Proteocephalus
Species brevis
Authority (MacCallum, 1921) Hughes, Baker & Dawson, 1941
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Crepidobothrium brevis (MacCallum, 1921) Yamaguti, 1959
Synonyms Tetrabothrius brevis MacCallum, 1921
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MacCallum, G. A. 1921. Studies in Helminthology. Part 1. Trematodes. Part 2. Cestodes. Part 3. Nematodes. Zoopathologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society on the Diseases of Animals 1(6): 135-284.

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Hughes, R. C., J. H. Baker and G. B. Dawson. 1941. The tapeworms of reptiles. Part I. American Midland Naturalist 25: 454-468.

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03/10/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
11/08/2013Modified

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