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Pterobothrium Diesing, 1850
Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5142
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Pterobothriidae
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Genus Pterobothrium
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Authority Diesing, 1850
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Synbothrium Diesing, 1850; Syndesmobothrium Diesing, 1855; Myrmillorhynchus Bilqees, 1980; Neogymnorhynchus Bilqees & Shah, 1982
Genus Record Yes
Type Species Pterobothrium macrourum (Rudolphi, 1819)
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

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

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Redescription

Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/04/2015Modified
05/11/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
08/18/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

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