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Anthocephalum philruschi

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Anthocephalum philruschi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Rhinebothriidea
Family: Rhinobothriidae
Genus: Anthocephalum
Species:
A. philruschi
Binomial name
Anthocephalum philruschi
Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

Anthocephalum philruschi is a species of flatworms. It can be differentiated by its overall size, the number of proglottids and marginal loculi, the number and arrangement of its testes, the size of its apical sucker, the arrangement and distribution of vitelline follicles, and the "muscularity" of its genital pore.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ruhnke, Timothy R., Janine N. Caira, and Allison Cox. "The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum." Zootaxa 3904.1 (2015): 051–081.
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