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Balanobothrium somnathai Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3012
Order Tetraphyllidea
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Genus Balanobothrium
Species somnathai
Authority Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Jadhav, B. V. and G. B. Shinde. 1982. A review of the genus Balanobothrium Hornell, 1912 with four new species. Helminthologia 19: 185-194.

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Scientific Name Notes The description and figures are poor and thus the species would be difficult to recognize from additional material; the host is also questionable. It is thus considered a Species inquirenda.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/11/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

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Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
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Genus Trygon
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Genus Pastinachus
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Type Locality

Country India
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Specimens

Type Material type specimen desposited in Cestodology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Total Number of Type Specimens 2
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.