Tapeworm Species Details

Brayela Rego, 1984
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Species ID 2680
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Brayela
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Authority Rego, 1984
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Rego, A. A. 1984. Proteocephalidea from Amazonian freshwater fishes: New systematic arrangement for the species described by Woodland as Anthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea). Acta Amazonica 14: 86-94.

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de Chambrier, A., T. Scholz, and R. Kuchta. 2014. Taxonomic status of Woodland's enigmatic tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Amazonian catfishes: back to museum collections. Systematic Parasitology 87(1): 1-19.

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Scientific Name Notes type and only known species: Brayela karuatayi (Woodland, 1934) Rego, 1984

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/17/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
04/14/2011Modified
11/19/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
01/24/2017ModifiedT. Scholz
04/16/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
05/06/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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