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Polypocephalus visakhapatnamensis Vankara, Vijaya Lakshmi & Vijaya Lakshmi, 2007
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Species ID 5640
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species visakhapatnamensis
Authority Vankara, Vijaya Lakshmi & Vijaya Lakshmi, 2007
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Vankara, A. P., C. Vijaya Lakshmi, and J. Vijaya Lakshmi. 2007. Polypocephalus viskhapatnamensis sp. nov. (Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae) from Himantura uarnak (Forsskċl) and Dasyatis (Amphotistius) zugei (Müller & Henle) from Visakhapatnam coast. Journal of Parasitic Diseases 31(2): 152-154.

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Scientific Name Notes This species is considered to be a species inquirenda because the description is based on a mix of specimens from two host species (i.e., Himantura uarnak and Dasyatis zugei) and because of a lack of access to the type specimens at the specified collection in India.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2009 Created K. Koch
01/03/2013Modified
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/29/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Dasyatis (Amphotistius) zugei
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Bay of Bengal
Island(s)
City/Region Andhra Pradesh
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype and Paratypes deposited in the Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
Total Number of Type Specimens 8
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes apparently 16 specimens were collected but only 8 were used to generate the quantitative data
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.