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Australicola Kuchta & Scholz, 2006
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Species ID 5842
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
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Genus Australicola
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Authority Kuchta & Scholz, 2006
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Type Species Australicola platycephalus (Monticelli, 1889) Kuchta & Scholz, 2007
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Kuchta, R. and T. Scholz. 2006. Australicola pectinatus n. gen. and n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from deep-sea fish Beryx splendens from Tasmania. Journal of Parasitology 92: 126-129.

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Kuchta, R., T. Scholz, and R. A. Bray. 2008. Revision of the order Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008 (Eucestoda) with amended generic diagnoses and keys to families and genera. Systematic Parasitology 71: 81-136.

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Scientific Name Notes type species: Australicola pectinatus Kuchta & Scholz, 2006 is synonym of Australicola platycephalus (Monticelli, 1889) by Kuchta et al. 2008

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/12/2010 Created R. Kuchta
04/14/2011Modified
09/10/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
09/09/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/12/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

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