Identity of Cysticercoides menidiae Chandler, 1935 (Cestoda: Dilepididae)

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2001
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Scholz T
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Cysticercoides menidiae Chandler, 1935, described as a metacestode of an unknown dilepidid cestode from the intestinal wall and mesenteries of the silversides Menidia menidia (Pisces: Atherinidae), from Galveston Bay, Texas, was found to be conspecific with Ascodilepis transfuga (Krabbe, 1869), a tapeworm described from the spoonbill, Platalea ajaja Linnaeus (syn. Ajaja ajaja), from Brazil. Consequently, C. menidiae becomes a junior synonym of A. transfuga

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Ascodilepis transfuga: parasite [Cestoda], Cysticercoides menidiae: parasite [Cestoda], Platalea ajaja: spoonbill,parasite host [Ciconiiformes], Menidia menidia: silversides,parasite host [Osteichthyes], Cestoda: Animals,Helminths,Invertebrates,Platyhelminths, Ciconiiformes: Animals,Birds,Chordates,Nonhuman Vertebrates,Vertebrates, Osteichthyes: Animals,Chordates,Fish,Nonhuman Vertebrates,Vertebrates, Parasitology, [45100] Cestoda, [45100] Cestoda,Platyhelminthes,Helminthes,Invertebrata,Animalia [85520] Ciconiiformes,Aves,Vertebrata,Chordata,Animalia [85206] Osteichthyes,Pisces,Vertebrata,Chordata,Animalia, [60502] Parasitology - General, [64010] Invertebrata: comparative,experimental morphology,physiology and pathology - Platyhelminthes, [85206] Osteichthyes, [85520] Ciconiiformes
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