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Cotugnia magna Burt, 1940
Cyclophyllidea: Davaineidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 458
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Davaineidae
Subfamily
Genus Cotugnia
Species magna
Authority Burt, 1940
Taxonomic Status
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Citation(s)

Burt, D. R. R. 1940. New avian cestodes of the family Davaineidae from Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science 22: 65-77.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2004 Created Jensen, Nikolov
02/11/2010Modified

Type Host

Host Class
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Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus domestic pigeon
Species
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Type Host
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Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Colombo
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes - specimens recovered from the Australian parakeet which died in the Ceylon Zoological Gardens

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.