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Variolepis Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7959
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
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Genus Variolepis
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Authority Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Hybridolepis Spasskii, 1959; Troglodytilepis Yamaguti, 1956; Decacanthus Yamaguti, 1959; Podicipitilepis Yamaguti, 1956; Confluaria Ablasov, 1953; Dubinolepis Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954
Genus Record Yes
Type Species Variolepis farciminosa (Goeze, 1782) Spasskii & Spasskaya, 1954
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Spasskii, A. A. and L. P. Spasskaya. 1954. [Elaboration of the classification of the Hymenolepidae parasitizing birds] (In Russian). Trudy Gel‘mintologicheskoi Laboratorii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR 7: 55-119.

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Redescription

Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
11/06/2012Modified
04/19/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

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