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Polyonchobothrium Diesing, 1854
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Species ID 7805
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Polyonchobothrium
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Authority Diesing, 1854
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Oncobothriocephalus Yamaguti, 1959
Genus Record Yes
Type Species Polyonchobothrium polypteri (Leydig, 1853) Lühe, 1900
Verified No
Verified By R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1854. Über eine naturgemässe Vertheilung der Cephalocotyleen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 13(2): 556-616.

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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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Scientific Name Notes described as subgenus of Onchobothrium

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/23/2014Modified
09/24/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

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