Identity of Cysticercoides menidiae Chandler, 1935 (Cestoda: Dilepididae).
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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Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budejovice.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*