Tapeworm Species Details

Sephenicephallum or Sephenicephalum maharashtrii Shinde, Sarwade & Jadhav, 1980 or 1982
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1943
Order Lecanicephalidea
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Genus Sephenicephallum or Sephenicephalum
Species maharashtrii
Authority Shinde, Sarwade & Jadhav, 1980 or 1982
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Type Species Yes
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Scientific Name Notes The taxonomic history of this taxon is summarized in Jensen (2005). In short, Hiwar et al. (1993) attribute the erection of the genus (as “Sephenicephallum” or “Sephenicphallum” in their text) to house their new species “Sephenicephallum maharashtrii Shinde et al. 1982”to “Shinde et al. (1982)” in the abstract and “Shinde et al. (1980)” in the discussion. In the references, said publication is cited as “SHINDE, G.B., SARWADE, D.V. AND JADHAV, B.V. 1980. On a new species of the genus Sephenicephallum Gen. et sp. nov. from Trygon sephen., Marath. Univ. J. Sci.” Extensive literature searches indicate that this paper was never published. The genus name Sephenicephallum (or Sephenicephalum) and species name Sephenicephallum maharashtrii (or Sephenicephalum maharashtrii) are thus considered to be nomina nuda, unavailable for nomenclatural purposes.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/18/2006 Created K. Jensen
02/17/2010Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
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Genus Trygon
Species sephen
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Genus Pastinachus
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Country [India]
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City/Region [Ratnagiri]
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.