Tapeworm Species Details

Tylocephalum simile Pintner, 1928
Lecanicephalidea: Tetragonocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1896
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Tetragonocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Tylocephalum
Species simile
Authority Pintner, 1928
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Tetragonocephalum simile (Pintner, 1928) Ivanov & Campbell, 2000
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Citation(s)

Pintner, T. 1928. Die sog. Gamobothriidae, Linton, 1899. (partial translation by I. Schwink). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 50: 55-116.

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Scientific Name Notes Ivanov & Campbell (2001) moved this species to Tetragonocephalum to create the new combination. Pintner (1928) states that the lecanicephalidean material he examined in his study was given to him by Shipley, who collected it during the “Manaarexpedition”

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
05/11/2011Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/11/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species walga
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water Gulf of Mannar
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Specimens

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