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Tetragonocephalum meenae in Mohekar, Bhagwan and Hiware, 2002
Lecanicephalidea: Tetragonocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1950
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Tetragonocephalidae
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Genus Tetragonocephalum
Species meenae
Authority in Mohekar, Bhagwan and Hiware, 2002
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Mohekar, A. D., H. K. Bhagwan, and C. J. Hiware. 2002. Biodiversity of cestode parasites parasitizing piscian host from Elasmobranchii collected along west coast of Maharashtra. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 22(1): 97-98.

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Scientific Name Notes Mohekar et al. (2002) list this species as collected from the west coast of Maharashtra, India. No citation was given and the original description (if one exists) could not be located. For nomenclatural purposes, the name does not appear to have been published and is thus a nomen nudum (i.e, unavailable).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/18/2006 Created K. Jensen
02/18/2010Modified
07/29/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/27/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
07/13/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

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