Tapeworm Species Details

Tylocephalum koenneckeorum Jensen, 2005
Lecanicephalidea: Lecanicephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5631
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Lecanicephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Tylocephalum
Species koenneckeorum
Authority Jensen, 2005
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Stoibocephalum koenneckeorum (Jensen, 2005) Jensen, Caira, Cielocha, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016
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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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/31/2009 Created K. Koch
12/13/2010Modified
01/06/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/11/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rhinopristiformes
Host Family Rhynchobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhynchobatus
Species australiae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rhynchobatus
Species australiae
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Arafura Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Wessel Islands
Coordinates
DD Latitude -10.5
DD Longitude 136.717
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material QM No. G222924 (holotype) QM Nos. G22925-222930 (6 paratypes) USNPC No. 94582 (5 paratypes) KUNHM Nos. 002126-002128 (3 paratypes) LRP Nos. 3331-3336 (6 paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 20 whole mounts, 1 proglottid cross-section series and 1 specimen prepared for SEM
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.