Tapeworm Species Details

Tetragonocephalum alii Deshmukh & Shinde, 1979
Lecanicephalidea: Tetragonocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1864
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Tetragonocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Tetragonocephalum
Species alii
Authority Deshmukh & Shinde, 1979
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Deshmukh, R. A. and G. B. Shinde. 1979. Three new species of Tetragonocephalum Shipley and Hornell, 1905 (Cestoda: Tetragonocephalidae) from marine fishes of west coast of India. Bioresearch 3: 19-23.

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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. Thus, type material is essentially NOT available. In addition, this is 1 of several species of Tetragonocephalum described from “Trygon sephen” from India; it is unlikely that all of the species from this host are distinct, diagnosable species. This species is essentially unrecognizable based on its original description. It is therefore considered a species inquirenda.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/18/2010Modified
06/09/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
12/20/2021ModifiedB. 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 India
Body of Water West Coast of India
Island(s)
City/Region Ratnagiri
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DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens [not given]
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes description based on 3 specimens
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.