Tapeworm Species Details

Tylocephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Jensen, 2005
Lecanicephalidea: Cephalobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1940
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Cephalobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Tylocephalum
Species rhinobatii
Authority (Deshmukh, 1980) Jensen, 2005
Taxonomic Status Incertae sedis
Valid Name
Synonyms Spinocephalum rhinobatii Deshmukh, 1980; Lecanicephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Schmidt, 1986; Tetragonocephalum rhinobatii (Deshmukh, 1980) Euzet, 1994
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Deshmukh, R. A. 1980. On a new cestode Spinocephalum rhinobatii gen. et sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidae) from a marine fish from west coast of India. Rivista di Parassitologia 41: 27-32.

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Jensen, K. 2005. Tapeworms of Elasmobranchs (Part I). A monograph on the Lecanicephalidea (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 18: 1-241.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Likely not a species of Tylocephalum (KJ pers. comm.)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/13/2006 Created J. Caira, K. Jensen
02/18/2010Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
09/21/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rhinopristiformes
Host Family Rhinobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhinobatus
Species granulatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Glaucostegus
Species granulatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Veraval, west coast
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material specimens: deposited in the Laboratory of Cestodology, Department of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India
Total Number of Type Specimens 4
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.