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Tetrabothrium sphaerocephalum (Deslongchamps, 1824) Diesing, 1850
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Species ID 3638
Order Rhinebothriidea
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Genus Tetrabothrium
Species sphaerocephalum
Authority (Deslongchamps, 1824) Diesing, 1850
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Synonyms Bothriocephalus sphaerocephalus Deslongchamps, 1824, Echeneibothrium sphaerocephalum (Deslongchamps, 1824) Diesing, 1863
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Deslongchamps, E. E. 1824. Bothriocephale. In Encyclopedie Methodique Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes ou Animaux Rayonnes, M. Lamouroux, B. de Saint-Vincent, and E. Deslongchamps (eds). Chez Mme Veuve Agasse, Paris, 143-153 pp.

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Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/22/2006 Created T.R. Ruhnke and J.N. Caira
03/15/2010Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
10/21/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/14/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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