Tapeworm Species Details

Polypocephalus ratnagiriensis Jadhav, Shinde & Sarwade, 1986
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1850
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species ratnagiriensis
Authority Jadhav, Shinde & Sarwade, 1986
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Jadhav, B. V., G. B. Shinde and D. V. Sarwade. 1986. Polypocephalus ratnagiriensis sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidae) from Trygon zugei, India. Indian Journal of Helminthology 38: 88-92.

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Scientific Name Notes 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
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/29/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Arabian Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Ratnagiri
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens [not given]
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes description based on 20 specimens
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.