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Polypocephalus rakhamalii Dandwate & Jadhav, 2009
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Species ID 13622
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
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Genus Polypocephalus
Species rakhamalii
Authority Dandwate & Jadhav, 2009
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Dandwate, R. R. and B. V. Jadhav. 2009. A new lecanicephalidean cestode endoparasite on Trygon sephen from Ratnagiri, India. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 29(3): 419-421.

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Scientific Name Notes Name used in the figure caption of the new species description of P. mirkarwarensis Dandwate & Jadhav, 2009. This species name used after 1930 violates Article 13 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). This name thus is a nomen nudum, unavailable for nomenclatural purposes.

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01/09/2016 Created K. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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