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Pithophorus Southwell, 1925
Tetraphyllidea: Clade 4
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Species ID 3555
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Clade 4
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Genus Pithophorus
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Authority Southwell, 1925
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Type Species Pithophorus tetraglobus (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1925
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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 Ruhnke (2011) stated that a key feature of the diagnosis of the genus is the description of the bothridia of P. tetraglobus as “globular (rarely cylindrical), hollow, and open both anteriorly and posteriorly” Southwell (1925, p. 244). An examination of scolices of Southwell’s voucher specimens of P. tetraglobus (BMNH 2010.3.3.1–4) does not allow for the resolution of the interpretation of this bothridial feature. The scolices of the type specimens are in poor condition. This genus should be considered a genus inquirendum until new material of the species can be collected and the bothridial form confirmed.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2006 Created
02/05/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
09/19/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

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