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Wallabicestus Schmidt, 1975
Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Anoplocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7312
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Anoplocephalidae
Subfamily Anoplocephalinae
Genus Wallabicestus
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Authority Schmidt, 1975
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Wallabicestus ewersi Schmidt, 1975
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Verified By V. K. Haukisalmi
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Schmidt, G. D. 1975. New records of helminths from New Guinea, including description of three new cestode species, one in the new genus Wallabicestus n. g. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 94: 189-196.

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Hardman, L. M., V. Haukisalmi, and I. Beveridge. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of the anoplocephaline cestodes of Australasian marsupials and resurrection of the genus Wallabicestus Schmidt, 1975. Systematic Parasitology 82: 49-63.

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Scientific Name Notes Taxonomic status according to Hardman et al. (2012).

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07/09/2010 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
09/02/2014Modified

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