Tapeworm Species Details

Trygonicephalum ratnagiriensis Shinde & Jadhav, 1984
Lecanicephalidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1873
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Trygonicephalum
Species ratnagiriensis
Authority Shinde & Jadhav, 1984
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Shinde, G. B. and B. V. Jadhav. 1984. Trygonicephalum ratnagiriensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidae) from a marine fish. Rivista di Parassitologia 1: 403-405.

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Scientific Name Notes Jensen (2005) listed this species as a species inquirenda (non-lecanicephalidean); the type species, and therefore the genus is unrecognizable based on its original description

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created J. Caira, K. Jensen
02/18/2010Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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
Island(s)
City/Region Ratnagiri
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material holotype and paratype deposited in the Zoology Department, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India
Total Number of Type Specimens 3
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.