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Escherbothrium Berman & Brooks, 1994
Rhinebothriidea: Escherbothriidae
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Species ID 3641
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Escherbothriidae
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Genus Escherbothrium
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Authority Berman & Brooks, 1994
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Type Species Escherbothrium molinae Berman & Brooks, 1994
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Berman, R. and D. R. Brooks. 1994. Escherbothrium molinae n. gen. et n. sp. (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Triloculariidae) in Urotrygon chilensis (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Urolophidae) from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Journal of Parasitology 80: 775-780.

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Scientific Name Notes Determined to be a genus of the Rhinebothriidea by Healy et al (2009) and Ruhnke (2011).

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/22/2006 Created T.R. Ruhnke and J.N. Caira
01/29/2015Modified
10/15/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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