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Polypocephalus elongatus (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1925
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1839
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species elongatus
Authority (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Parataenia elongatus Southwell, 1912
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Type Species No
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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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Southwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Southwell (1925) synonymizes the genus Parataenia with Polypocephalus, and the species Parataenia elongatus with the species Polypocephalus radiatus. In doing so, although he does not formally use the combination Polypocephalus elongatus, he creates this new combination (see Jensen, 2005).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/17/2010Modified
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
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

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.