Tetrabothriidea is an order of

helminths Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are large macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye. Many are intestinal worms that are soil-transmitted and infect the gastrointestinal tract. Other parasitic worms such as schi ...

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Cestoda Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes). Most of the species—and the best-known—are those in the subclass Eucestoda; they are ribbon-like worms as adults, known as tapeworms. Their bodies consist of man ...

. It consists of only one family, Tetrabothriidae. Their hosts are mainly

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ns and

pinniped Pinnipeds (pronounced ), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walru ...

Genera

All of the genera of Tetrabothriidea are in the family Tetrabothriidae. * '' Anophryocephalus''

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, 1922Baylis, H. A. (1922). A new cestode and other worms from Spitsbergen, with a note on two leeches. Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen. No. 6. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'', 9, 421–427. * '' Chaetophallus'' Nybelin, 1916Nybelin, O. (1916). Neue Tetrabothriiden aus Vögeln. ''Zoologischen Anzeiger'', 47, 297–301. * '' Priapocephalus'' Nybelin, 1922Nybelin, O. (1922). Anatomisch-systematische Studien über Pseudophyllidean. ''Göteborgs Kunglia Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar'', 26, 169–211. * '' Strobilocephalus''

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, 1932Baer, J. G. (1932). Contribution à l'étude des Cestodes de Cétacés. ''Revue Suisse De Zoologie'', 39, 195–228. * ''

Tetrabothrius ''Tetrabothrius'' is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Tetrabothriidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *'' Tetrabothrius affinis'' *'' Tetrabothrius argentinum'' *''Tetrabothrius arsenyevi'' *'' Tetrabothrius b ...

Rudolphi Karl Asmund Rudolphi (14 July 1771 – 29 November 1832) was a Swedish-born German naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology". Life Rudolphi was born in Stockholm to German parents. He was awarded his PhD in 1793 a ...

, 1819Dujardin, F. (1843). Observations sur un nouveau genre de médusaires provenant de la métamorphose des Syncorynes. ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles, comprenant la Zoologie, la Botanique, l'Anatomie et la Physiologie Comparées des deux Regnès, et l'Histoire des Corps Organisés Fossiles'', 370-373. * '' Trigonocotyle''

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References

Eucestoda Platyhelminthes orders {{cestoda-stub