Tapeworm Species Details

Lecanicephalum abruptum (Southwell, 1911) Fuhrmann, 1931
Lecanicephalidea: Lecanicephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5875
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Lecanicephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Lecanicephalum
Species abruptum
Authority (Southwell, 1911) Fuhrmann, 1931
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Hexacanalis abruptus (Southwell, 1911) Perrenoud, 1931
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1911. Description of nine new species of cestode parasites, including two new genera from marine fishes of Ceylon. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 216-225.

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Fuhrmann, O. 1931. Dritte Klasse des Cladus Plathelminthes: Cestoidea. In Handbuch der Zoologie (1928-1933), W. Kükenthal and T. Krumbach. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, 141-416 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Fuhrmann (1931) appears to have synonymized Cephalobothrium ex parte with Lecanicephalum. While never explicitly designating it as a new combination, he used "Lecanicephalum abruptum Southwell" or "Lecanicephalum abruptum (Southwell)" several times; the first use was on his page 213.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/10/2010 Created J. Cielocha
07/21/2014Modified
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Gymnuridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pteroplatea
Species micrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Gymnura
Species micrura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Portugal Bay
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Specimens

Type Material deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Total Number of Type Specimens 87
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.