Tapeworm Species Details

Tylocephalum minutum Southwell, 1925
Lecanicephalidea: Cephalobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1894
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Cephalobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Tylocephalum
Species minutum
Authority Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Lecanicephalum minutum (Southwell, 1925) Schmidt, 1986
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This species is essentially unrecognizable based on its original description, was not illustrated, 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
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
12/20/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Urogymnus
Species sp. (asperrimus?)
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Urogymnus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Ceylon Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

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