Tapeworm Species Details

Penetrocephalus Rao, 1960
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Species ID 7781
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Penetrocephalus
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Authority Rao, 1960
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Penetrocephalus ganapattii (Rao, 1954) Rao, 1960
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Rao, H. K. 1960. Studies on Penetrocephalus ganapatii, a new genus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the marine teleost Saurida tumbil (Bloch). Parasitology 50: 155-163.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R., T. Scholz, R. Vlčková, M. Říha, T. Walter, A. T. Yuniar, and H. W. Palm. 2009. Revision of tapeworms (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidea) from lizardfish (Saurida: Synodontidae) from the Indo-Pacific region. Zootaxa 1977: 55-67.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
03/25/2015Modified
09/24/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
11/12/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
01/26/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
04/06/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

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