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Phyllobothroides kerkhami Southwell, 1911
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3351
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family
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Genus Phyllobothroides
Species kerkhami
Authority Southwell, 1911
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pedibothrium kerkhami (Southwell, 1911) Southwell, 1925
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Type Species Yes
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1911. Description of nine new species of cestode parasites, including two new genera from marine fishes of Ceylon. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 216-225.

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Scientific Name Notes Southwell uses the name Phyllobothroides kerkhami n. sp. in 1911 (Citation No. 436) but describes the species formally in 1911 (Citation No. 437). this species was considered to be junior Synonym of Pedibothrium longispine Linton, 1908 by Southwell (1925); in doing so he created the new combination Pedibothrium kerkhami

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
09/26/2013Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/12/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/07/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

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Genus Chiloscyllium
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Type Host
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Genus Chiloscyllium
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Specimens

Type Material deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Total Number of Type Specimens 270
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.