Tapeworm Species Details

Parataenia elongatus Southwell, 1912
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1831
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Parataenia
Species elongatus
Authority Southwell, 1912
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Polypocephalus elongatus (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1925
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 259-278.

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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
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species kuhli
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Neotrygon
Species kuhlii
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
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Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens 44
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.