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Phyllobothrium unilaterale Southwell, 1925
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3346
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
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Genus Phyllobothrium
Species unilaterale
Authority Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Phyllobothrium thridax van Beneden, 1850
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van Beneden, P.-J. 1850. Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Les vers cestoides, considérés sous le rapport physiologique, embryogénique et zooclassique. Mémoires de l‘Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 25: 1-199 (+plates).

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Southwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368.

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Scientific Name Notes Southwell, apparently without explanation(?), proposed the name Phyllobothrium unilaterale as a replacement name for the material Zschokke (1888) treated under the name Phyllbothrium thridax.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/05/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
04/26/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/27/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/27/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

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