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Plicobothrium Rausch & Margolis, 1969
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7794
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
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Genus Plicobothrium
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Authority Rausch & Margolis, 1969
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Plicobothrium globiocephalae Rausch & Margolis, 1969
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Rausch, R. L. and L. Margolis. 1969. Plicobothrium globicephalae gen. et sp. nov. (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) from the pilot whale, Globicephala melaena Traill, in Newfoundland waters. Canadian Journal of Zoology 47(5): 745-750.

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Scientific Name Notes [or Rausch & Marcogliese, 1969?]

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
02/01/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/17/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta

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