Tapeworm Species Details

Tylocephalum bombayensis Jadhav, 1983
Lecanicephalidea: Cephalobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1877
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Cephalobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Tylocephalum
Species bombayensis
Authority Jadhav, 1983
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Jadhav, B. V. 1983. Tylocephalum bombayensis n. sp. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from the Indian fish Trygon sephen. Rivista di Parassitologia 44: 193-195.

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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
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. 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 Arabian Sea
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens 4
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.