Tapeworm Species Details

Polypocephalus pandei Pawar et al., 2005 in Jadhav, 2007
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13637
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species pandei
Authority Pawar et al., 2005 in Jadhav, 2007
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Citation(s)

Jadhav, B. V. 2007. Bioinformatics. APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, India, 155–183 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This species was mentioned in Jadhav, B. V. 2007. A review of the genus Polycephalus [sic] Braun (1978) with a new species, p. XXX-XXX. In: B. N. Pandey, S. D. Pande, A. K. Tripathi, and A. D. Adsool (eds.), Bioinformatics. APH, New Delhi, India. A citation for the original description of this species (if one exists) could not be located. For nomenclatural purposes, the name does not appear to have been published and is thus a nomen nudum (i.e, unavailable).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/08/2016 Created K. Jensen
02/16/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
05/11/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
12/15/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
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Genus Trygon
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Site in Host spiral intestine
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Type Locality

Country India
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City/Region Ratnagiri
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.