Tapeworm Species Details

Hexacanalis variabilis (Southwell, 1911) Yamaguti, 1959
Lecanicephalidea: Lecanicephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8626
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Lecanicephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Hexacanalis
Species variabilis
Authority (Southwell, 1911) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Floriparicapitus variabilis (Southwell, 1911) Cielocha, Jensen & Caira, 2014
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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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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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Yamaguti (1959) uses this combination but doesn’t explicitly indicate that it is a new combination; but we find this to be the first use of this combination; Schmidt, 1986 indicates the authority as "Southwell, 1911) Perrenoud, 1931".

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/27/2012 Created B. Barbeau, K. Jensen
08/20/2014Modified
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
04/17/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rhinopristiformes
Host Family Pristidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pristis
Species cuspidatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Anoxypristis
Species cuspidata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Trygon kuhlii
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water Portugal Bay
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude [not given]
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Total Number of Type Specimens 47
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.