Tapeworm Species Details

Polypocephalus mirkarwarensis Dandwate & Jadhav, 2009
Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9768
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Polypocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polypocephalus
Species mirkarwarensis
Authority Dandwate & Jadhav, 2009
Taxonomic Status Unavailable name
Valid Name
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Citation(s)

Dandwate, R. R. and B. V. Jadhav. 2009. A new lecanicephalidean cestode endoparasite on Trygon sephen from Ratnagiri, India. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 29(3): 419-421.

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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. The name Polypocephalus rakhamalii is erroneously used in the figure captions instead of P. mirkarwarensis.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/25/2012 Created J. Cielocha
07/17/2014Modified
07/29/2015ModifiedK. Jensen
01/08/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/11/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species sephen
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Mirkarwada, Ratanagiri
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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 20 specimens
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.