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Tetrarhynchus scylliumcanicula Wagener, 1854
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6000
Order Trypanorhyncha
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Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species scylliumcanicula
Authority Wagener, 1854
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Hepatoxylon megacephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Dollfus, 1942
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Wagener, G. R. 1854. Die Entwicklung der Cestoden nach eigenen Untersuchungen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 24 (Suppl.): I–X; 1–91.

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Scientific Name Notes Also cited as scyllium-canicula. Name in original publication: Tetrarhynchus Scyllium canicula

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/24/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/01/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
09/14/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Genus Scyllium canicula
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.