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Potamotrygonocestus Brooks & Thorson, 1976
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Species ID 3514
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
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Genus Potamotrygonocestus
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Authority Brooks & Thorson, 1976
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Type Species Potamotrygonocestus magdalenensis Brooks & Thorson, 1976
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Brooks, D. R. and T. B. Thorson. 1976. Two tetraphyllidean cestodes from the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon magdalenae Dumeril 1852 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from Colombia. Journal of Parasitology 62: 943-947.

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09/10/2006 Created
08/20/2014Modified
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira

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