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Tentacularia scoliodoni Vijaya Lakshmi, Vijaya Lakshmi & Gangadharam, 1996
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5224
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species scoliodoni
Authority Vijaya Lakshmi, Vijaya Lakshmi & Gangadharam, 1996
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Nybelinia indica Chandra, 1986
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Vijayalakshmi, C., J. Vijayalakshmi and T. Gangadharam. 1996. Some trypanorhynchid cestodes from the shark Scoliodon palasorrah (Cuvier) with the description of a new sp. Tentacularia scoliodoni. Rivista di Parassitologia 13: 83-89.

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Scientific Name Notes Synonymy according to Palm (2004).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
01/03/2013Modified
06/04/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Scoliodon
Species palasorrah
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Carcharhinus limabatus and Glyphis gangeticus (=Carcharhinus gengeticus) as additional hosts in Palm (1999). Type host not designated. Diodon hystrix, Makaira indica, Istiophorus platypterus, and Carcharhinus limbatus as additional hosts in Palm and Beveridge (2002).

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Visakhapatnam coast
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes South Africa as additional locality in Palm (1999). Type locality not designated. Heron Island, Cape Bowling Green, Whitunday Island, and Bremer Island, all Queensland, Australia, as additional localities in Palm and Beveridge (2002).

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes BMNH 1976.11.5.42-43 (ex Carcharhinus limbatus) and NHMV 2111 (ex Glyphis gangeticus [=Carcharhinus gengeticus]) as vouchers in Palm (1999). GM G 218035-218037, QM G 218038-218041, SAM AHC 21351, SAM AHC 21351, and SAM AHC 28314 as vouchers in Palm and Beveridge (2002).
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.