Tapeworm Species Details

Lecanicephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Schmidt, 1986
Lecanicephalidea: Cephalobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1825
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Cephalobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Lecanicephalum
Species rhinobatii
Authority (Deshmukh, 1980) Schmidt, 1986
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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Schmidt, G. D. 1986. Handbook of tapeworm identification. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 675 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/16/2010Modified
07/29/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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.