Tapeworm Species Details

Tetragonocephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Euzet, 1994
Lecanicephalidea: Tetragonocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13611
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Tetragonocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Tetragonocephalum
Species rhinobatii
Authority (Deshmukh, 1980) Euzet, 1994
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Tylocephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Jensen, 2005
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Deshmukh, R. A. 1980. On a new cestode Spinocephalum rhinobatii gen. et sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidae) from a marine fish from west coast of India. Rivista di Parassitologia 41: 27-32.

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Euzet, L. 1994. Order Lecanicephalidea Wardle & McLeod, 1952. In Keys to the cestode parasites of vertebrates, Khalil, L. F., A. Jones, and R. A. Bray (eds). CAB International, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 195-204 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Euzet (1994) considered Spinocephalum to be a synonym of Tetragonocephalum thereby creating the new combination Tetragonocephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Euzet, 1994

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/05/2016 Created K. Jensen
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/27/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
12/20/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rhinopristiformes
Host Family Rhinobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhinobatus
Species granulatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Glaucostegus
Species granulatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Veraval, west coast
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material specimens: deposited in the Laboratory of Cestodology, Department of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India
Total Number of Type Specimens 4
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.