Tapeworm Species Details

Prosthecocotyle diomedeae Fuhrmann in Shipley, 1900
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Species ID 5484
Order Tetrabothriidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Prosthecocotyle
Species diomedeae
Authority Fuhrmann in Shipley, 1900
Taxonomic Status
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. 1900. A description of the Entozoa collected by Dr. Willey during his sojourn in the Western Pacific. Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897, by Arthur Willey. Part 5 : 531-568.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
02/17/2010Modified
02/09/2016ModifiedN. Arisco

Type Host

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Genus Diomedea
Species exulans
Subspecies
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Subspecies
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Site in Host duodenum
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Type Locality

Country
Body of Water Western Pacific
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.