Tapeworm Species Details

Polypocephalus djeddensis Jadhav & Shinde, 1989
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1838
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species djeddensis
Authority Jadhav & Shinde, 1989
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Citation(s)

Jadhav, D. H. and G. B. Shinde. 1989. A new species of the genus Polypocephalus (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) at Ratnagiri, M. S., India. Rivista di Parassitologia 6: 189-191.

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Scientific Name Notes This is 1 of 9 species of Polypocephalus described from Rhynchobatus djeddensis from India; it is unlikely that all of these are valid taxa. The description (incl. illustrations) of this species is poor and incomplete, and is based on an unknown number of specimens. The authors neither explicitly fixed a holotype to syntypes, nor included a statement of intent that types will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection. The lack of access to types renders this species essentially unrecognizable; it is thus considered to be a species inquirenda.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/17/2010Modified
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/29/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rhinopristiformes
Host Family Rhynchobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhynchobatus
Species djeddensis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rhynchobatus
Species djiddensis?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water West Coast of India
Island(s)
City/Region Ratnagiri, M.S.
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
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Specimens

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