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Kystocephalus Shipley & Hornell, 1906
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Species ID 1913
Order Lecanicephalidea
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Genus Kystocephalus
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Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Genus inquirendum
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Type Species Kystocephalus translucens Shipley & Hornell, 1906
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Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Scientific Name Notes Several aspects of the scolex morphology and proglottid anatomy suggest the type species of this genus to resemble that of several different lecanicephalidean genera and thus should not be considered a synonym of any one at this time. Jensen (2005) considered the genus Kystocephalus to be a genus inquirendum and listed its type species as a species inquirenda.

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09/10/2006 Created J. Caira, K. Jensen
07/21/2014Modified
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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