Scholz TJournal of Parasitology2010-02-152010-02-152001http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22882927-928Cysticercoides 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. transfugaAscodilepis transfuga: parasite [Cestoda]Cysticercoides menidiae: parasite [Cestoda]Platalea ajaja: spoonbill,parasite host [Ciconiiformes]Menidia menidia: silversides,parasite host [Osteichthyes]Cestoda: Animals,Helminths,Invertebrates,PlatyhelminthsCiconiiformes: Animals,Birds,Chordates,Nonhuman Vertebrates,VertebratesOsteichthyes: Animals,Chordates,Fish,Nonhuman Vertebrates,VertebratesParasitology[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] CiconiiformesJournal