Tapeworm Species Details

Polypocephalus pulcher (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Southwell, 1925
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1848
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species pulcher
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Anthemobothrium pulchrum Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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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 does not 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
07/29/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
10/01/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water Dutch Bay, Gulf of Mannar
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens 1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.