Tapeworm Species Details

Sphyriocephalus crassiceps (Diesing, 1850) Dollfus, 1930
Trypanorhyncha: Sphyriocephalidae
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Species ID 5945
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Sphyriocephalidae
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Genus Sphyriocephalus
Species crassiceps
Authority (Diesing, 1850) Dollfus, 1930
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Synonyms Rhynchobothrium crassiceps Diesing, 1850 in part; Bothriocephalus labiatus Leuckart, 1820 in part
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Type Species No
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Verified By I. Beveridge
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Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1930. Sur les Tetrarhynques (2e Contribution) (Dibothriorhynchus, Sphyriocephala, Tentacularia, Nybelinia). Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France 29: 139-216.

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Scientific Name Notes Dollfus (1930) admitted this species tentatively (1942) recognising that only re-examination of the types would allow unequivocal attribution to a species

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/24/2010 Created B. Barbeau
09/01/2010Modified
06/01/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/05/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

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