Tapeworm Species Details

Tylocephalum aurangabadensis Jadhav & Shinde, 1987
Lecanicephalidea: Cephalobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1876
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Cephalobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Tylocephalum
Species aurangabadensis
Authority Jadhav & Shinde, 1987
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Jadhav, B. V. and G. B. Shinde. 1987. Tylocephalum aurangabadensis sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidae) from a marine fish Aetobatis narinari from Arabian Sea. Indian Journal of Helminthology 39: 88-91.

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Scientific Name Notes This species is unrecognizable based on its original description and 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
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/06/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Aetobatis
Species narinari
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Aetobatus
Species ocellatus?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Arabian Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Malwan
Coordinates
DD Latitude
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype and paratypes, Cestodes/220-235/, deposited in Cestodology Lab. Departments of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad. 431004
Total Number of Type Specimens 15
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.