WoRMS name details

Cathetocephalus leucas Vankara, Vijayalakshmi & Gangadharam, 2007

517106  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517106)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Cestoda (Class)
  7. Eucestoda (Subclass)
  8. Cathetocephalidea (Order)
  9. Cathetocephalidae (Family)
  10. Cathetocephalus (Genus)
  11. Cathetocephalus leucas (Species)
uncertain
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
Vankara, A. P.; Vijayalakshmi, C.; Gangadharam, T. (2007). On a new species, Cathetocephalus leucas (Tetraphyllidea: Cathetocephalidae) from the bullshark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) from Bay of Bengal, Visakhaptnam coast, Andhra Pradesh, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 31, 114-119. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
WoRMS (2025). Cathetocephalus leucas Vankara, Vijayalakshmi & Gangadharam, 2007. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517106 on 2025-05-28
Date
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2010-09-10 12:48:28Z
created
Bray, Rod
2010-09-13 09:35:26Z
changed
Bray, Rod
2017-08-21 11:20:35Z
changed
Bray, Rod

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Nomenclature

original description Vankara, A. P.; Vijayalakshmi, C.; Gangadharam, T. (2007). On a new species, Cathetocephalus leucas (Tetraphyllidea: Cathetocephalidae) from the bullshark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) from Bay of Bengal, Visakhaptnam coast, Andhra Pradesh, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 31, 114-119. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Caira, J.N., Bueno, V.M., Jensen, K. (2017). Cathetocephalidea Schmidt & Beveridge, 1990. <em>In: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J.N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds) University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 65-76. [details] 

additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details] 

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