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Choanoscolex La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Monticelliinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2544
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Monticelliinae
Genus Choanoscolex
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Authority La Rue, 1911
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Verified By T. Scholz
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La Rue, G. R. 1911. A revision of the cestode family Proteocephalidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 473-482.

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Scientific Name Notes -valid -type species: Choanoscolex abscisus (Riggenbach, 1895) La Rue, 1911

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
04/14/2011Modified
08/07/2017ModifiedT. Scholz
04/16/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Locality Notes probably Geneva Lake Switzerland (Scholz pers. comm.)

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