Tapeworm Species Details

Kirstenella Kuchta in Kuchta et al., 2012
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9755
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Kirstenella
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Authority Kuchta in Kuchta et al., 2012
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Type Species Kirstenella gordoni (Woodland, 1937) Kuchta in Kuchta et al., 2012
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Kuchta, R., A. Burianová, M. Jirků, A. de Chambrier, M. Oros, J. Brabec, and T. Scholz. 2012. Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. g. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp. Zootaxa 3309: 1–35.

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07/23/2012 Created R. Kuchta
11/12/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Mojica

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