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Dipylidium Leuckart, 1863
Cyclophyllidea: Dipylidiidae
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Species ID 8250
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dipylidiidae
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Genus Dipylidium
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Authority Leuckart, 1863
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Synonyms Alyselminthus Bloch, 1782; Halisis Zeder, 1800 in part; Microtaenia Sedwick, 1884
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Type Species Dipylidium caninum (Linnaeus, 1758) Leuckart, 1863
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Leuckart, R. 1863. Die menschlichen parasiten und die von ihnen herrührenden Krankheiten. Ein Hand- und Lehrbuch für Naturforscher und Aerzte. C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig und Heidelberg, 766 pp.

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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
03/09/2011 Created B. Barbeau
01/04/2013Modified
05/05/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

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