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Amirthalingamia Bray, 1974
Cyclophyllidea: Gryporhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8526
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Gryporhynchidae
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Genus Amirthalingamia
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Authority Bray, 1974
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Type Species Amirthalingamia macracantha (Joyeux & Baer, 1935) Bray, 1974
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Bray, R. A. 1974. A new genus of dilepidid cestode in Tilapia nilotica (L.. 1757) and Phalacrocorax carbo (L., 1758) in Sudan. Journal of Natural History 8: 589-596.

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01/25/2012 Created Salamatin
02/25/2015Modified
08/23/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
10/14/2016ModifiedA. Phillips
08/08/2017ModifiedA. Phillips

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