Tapeworm Species Details

Anteropora leelongi Jensen, 2005
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5625
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Anteropora
Species leelongi
Authority Jensen, 2005
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By K. Jensen
Citation(s)

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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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/31/2009 Created K. Koch, R. Guyer, V. Lopez
08/22/2014Modified
08/03/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Orectolobiformes
Host Family Hemiscylliidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Hemiscyllium
Species ocellatum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hemiscyllium
Species ocellatum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Cairns, Queensland
Coordinates
DD Latitude -16.817
DD Longitude 145.717
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype (incomplete specimen with scolex) (QM No. G222890); 3 paratypes (whole mounts of detached proglottids) (QM Nos. G222891-222893); 4 paratypes (whole mounts of 1 incomplete specimen with scolex and 3 detached proglottids) (USNPC No. 94574); 4 paratypes (3 whole mounts of detached proglottids and 1 proglottid cross-section series) (LRP Nos. 3262-3265); 1 paratype specimen prepared for SEM (LRP)
Total Number of Type Specimens 2 incomplete worms, 9 detached proglottids, 1 proglottid cross-section series and 1 worm prepared for SEM
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.