Tapeworm Species Details

Phyllobothrium fallax Van Beneden, 1871
Rhinebothriidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3291
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family
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Genus Phyllobothrium
Species fallax
Authority Van Beneden, 1871
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Verified By T.R. Ruhnke
Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1871. Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l‘Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 38: 1-100.

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Scientific Name Notes Van Beneden (1871) lists this name among the parasites of “Raia rubus”; no new species designation, description or illustration of the species is given; this seems to be the first mention of this name. Given the above, P. fallax is a nomen nudum.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created T.R. Ruhnke, J.N. Caira and K. J
02/06/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira

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Genus Raia
Species rubus
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