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Endorchis Woodland, 1934
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Endorchiinae
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Species ID 2547
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Endorchiinae
Genus Endorchis
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Type Species Endorchis piraeeba Woodland, 1934
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Woodland, W. N. F. 1934. On some remarkable new cestodes from the Amazon siluroid fish, Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein). Parasitology 26: 268-277+Plate X.

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de Chambrier, A. and C. Vaucher. 1997. Revision des cestodes (Monticelliidae) decrits par Woodland (1934) chez Brachyplatystoma filamentosum avec redefinition des genres Endorchis Woodland, 1934 et Nomimoscolex Woodland, 1934. Systematic Parasitology 37: 219-233.

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Scientific Name Notes type species: Endorchis piraeeba Woodland, 1934 although it is not explicitly stated, this appears to be the type species of the genus by monotypy -revised by de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1997

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
04/14/2011Modified
12/03/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
04/26/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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