Tapeworm Species Details

Polypocephalus medusia (Linton, 1890) Southwell, 1925
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1845
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species medusia
Authority (Linton, 1890) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Parataenia medusia Linton, 1890
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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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) uses this combination but doesn’t explicitly indicate that it is a new combination; but we find this to be the first use of this combination

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/17/2010Modified
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/07/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathytoshia
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

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