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Dittocephalus Parona, 1887
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Species ID 3564
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Dittocephalus
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Authority Parona, 1887
Taxonomic Status Genus inquirendum
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Type Species Dittocephalus linstowi Parona, 1887
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Parona, C. 1887. Elmintologia sarda. Contribuzione allo studio dei vermi parassiti in animali di Sardegna. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. Serie 2. 24(4): 275-384.

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Scientific Name Notes Ruhnke (2011) considered this genus a nomen dubium. However, the illustrations of D. linstowi suggest it is a bothriocephalidean. -most probably belongs to the genus Bothriocephalus (Kuchta pers. obs.)

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2006 Created
08/03/2012Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
08/19/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

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