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Polypocephalus kuhlii Vankara, Vijaya Lakshmi & Vijaya Lakshmi, 2006
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5641
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species kuhlii
Authority Vankara, Vijaya Lakshmi & Vijaya Lakshmi, 2006
Taxonomic Status Unavailable name
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Vankara, A. P., C. Vijayalakshmi, and J. Vijayalakshmi. 2006. Description of a new species, Polypocephalus kuhlii n. sp. (Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae) from Dasyatis kuhlii (Muller & Henle) from Visakhapatnam Coast, Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of Parasitology and Applied Animal Biology 15(1&2): 63-68.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Given that the authors neither explicitly fixed a holotype to syntypes, nor included a statement of intent that types will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection this species described after 1999, Article 16.4 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) is violated. This name thus becomes unavailable for nomenclatural purposes.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/11/2009 Created
01/03/2013Modified
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
02/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species kuhlii
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Neotrygon
Species kuhlii
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Bay of Bengal
Island(s)
City/Region Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens [not given]
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes description based on 15 specimens
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.