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Tetraphyllidea (Flukes)

Wikipedia Abstract

Tetraphyllidea is a large tapeworm order that contains some 60 genera and about 800 described species. Tetraphyllideans are remarkable for their scolex morphologies, which are the most varied and morphologically complex amongst all tapeworm orders.
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Family

Balanobothriidae (40)
Calliobothriidae (28)
Dioecotaeniidae (Fluke) (2)
Gastrolecithidae (2)
Rhoptrobothriidae (8)
Serendipidae (9)
Shindeobothriiidae (1)
Triloculariidae (3)

Genus

Ambitalveolus (3)
Anthobothrium (33)
Carpobothrium (9)
Caulobothrium (12)
Neolitobothrium (1)
Scolex (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0