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Oncomegoides Beveridge & Campbell, 2005
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5096
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
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Genus Oncomegoides
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Authority Beveridge & Campbell, 2005
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Oncomegas
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Type Species Oncomegoides celatus Beveridge & Campbell, 2005
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Verified By B. Schaeffner
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2005. Three new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian elasmobranch fishes. Systematic Parasitology 60: 211-224.

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Schaeffner, B. C. and I. Beveridge. 2012. Description of a new trypanorhynch species (Cestoda) from Indonesian Borneo, with the suppression of Oncomegoides and the erection of a new genus Hispidorhynchus. Journal of Parasitology 98(2): 408-414.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012) suppressed the genus Oncomegoides and combined its single species within Oncomegas as O. celatus n. comb.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
08/20/2014Modified

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