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Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7251
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Bothriocephalus
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Authority Rudolphi, 1808
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Capooria Malhotra, 1985; Coelobothrium Dollfus, 1970; Dibothrium Diesing, 1850; Indobothrium Sedova & Gulyaev, 2009; Schyzocotyle Akhmerov, 1960
Genus Record Yes
Type Species Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776) Rudolphi, 1808
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Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1808. Entozoorum, sive vermium intestinalium. Historia naturalis. Volumen I. Sumtibus Tabernae Librariae et Artium, Amstelaedami, 527 pp.

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Redescription

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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/08/2010 Created B. Barbeau
04/14/2011Modified
09/10/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

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