Tapeworm Species Details

Flapocephalus trygonis Deshmukh, 1979
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1805
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Flapocephalus
Species trygonis
Authority Deshmukh, 1979
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By K. Jensen
Citation(s)

Deshmukh, R. A. 1979. On a new cestode Flapocephalus trygonis gen. et sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidae) from Trygon sephen from west coast of India. Rivista di Parassitologia 40: 261-265.

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Redescription

Hanselman, K. M., R. Gobiraj, and K. Jensen. 2025. Revision of the Lecanicephalidean Genus Flapocephalus Deshmukh, 1979 (Eucestoda) from Cowtail Rays (Genus Pastinachus Rüppell) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae Jordan and Gilbert) with the Description of Four New Species. Journal of Parasitology 111(5): 582–605.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/11/2010Modified
08/07/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
10/06/2025ModifiedK. Hanselman

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species ater
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Point Pedro
Coordinates 09°49'41.94"N, 80°14'23.94"E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Ratnagiri, India (From Deshmukh, 1979); Pacific Ocean off Weipa, (12°35'11"S, 141°42'34"E), Queensland, Australia (host specimens CM03-2, CM03-9, CM03-26, CM03-79); Pacific Ocean off Vonavona (08°13'23.8"S, 157°00'02.4"E), Solomon Islands (host specimen SO-33); Pacific Ocean off Sei Kerbau (00°31'44.50"S, 117°09'32.90"E), East Kalimantan, Indonesia (host specimen KA-32).
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material NEOTYPE (BRT-P 006); original specimens deposited in the Laboratory of Cestodology, Department of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, (M.S.), India
Total Number of Type Specimens 12
Voucher Material 1 voucher (mature worm, BRT-P 007); 6 vouchers (QM G241945–G241950); 8 vouchers (1 prgl cs, and 1 sc ls and voucher; USNM 1456344–1456351); 5 vouchers (LRP 11093–11097) and 1 SEM voucher (LRP 11098); 2 hologenophores (LRP 11099 and 11100); LRP 8302 (of Caira et al., 2014 as Flapocephalus n. sp. 1)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.