Tapeworm Species Details

Flapocephalus samatea Jagtap & Vhanalakar, 2022
Lecanicephalidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14405
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Flapocephalus
Species samatea
Authority Jagtap & Vhanalakar, 2022
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Citation(s)

Jagtap, V. A. and S. A. Vhanalakar. 2021. New cestode parasite Flapocephalus samatea sp. nov. of Trygon sephen from Mumbai Coast, Maharashtra. Bioinfolet 18(4): 515-517.

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Scientific Name Notes This is a nomen nudum because a holotype was not explicitly fixed in the orginal publication. Furthermore, the figures indicate that this description was based on specimens consistent with the concept of Adelobothrium, a genus exclusively parasitizing species of Aetobatus.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/03/2022 Created B. Barbeau
03/31/2022ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Pastinachus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
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Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Mumbai coast, Maharashtra
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Specimens

Type Material [holotype was not mentioned] "Deposition: Department of Zoology, Karmaveer Hire College, Gargoti, M.S., India"
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.