IRMNG - Polypocephalus Braun, 1878

IRMNG taxon details

Polypocephalus Braun, 1878

IRMNG_ID

1365450 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1365450)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polypocephalidae Meggitt, 1924

Synonymised names

Parataenia Linton, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)

Polycephalus Linstow, 1889 · unaccepted

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Species Polypocephalus affinis Subhapradha, 1951
Species Polypocephalus alii Shinde & Jadhav, 1981
Species Polypocephalus bombayensis Shinde, Dhule & Jadhav, 1991
Species Polypocephalus caribbensis (Gardner & Schmidt, 1984)
Species Polypocephalus coronatus Subhapradha, 1951
Species Polypocephalus digholensis Deshmukh, Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Species Polypocephalus djeddensis Jadhav & Shinde, 1989
Species Polypocephalus elongatus (Southwell, 1912)
Species Polypocephalus harnesis Lanka, Pathan & Jadhav, 2006
Species Polypocephalus helmuti Jensen, 2005
Species Polypocephalus indicus Deshmukh, Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Species Polypocephalus karbharii Deshmukh, Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Species Polypocephalus katpurensis Shinde & Jadhav, 1981
Species Polypocephalus kuhlii Vankara, Vijayalakshmi & Vijayalakshmi, 2006
Species Polypocephalus lintoni Subhapradha, 1951
Species Polypocephalus maharashtra Deshmukh, Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Species Polypocephalus medusia (Linton, 1890)
Species Polypocephalus moretonensis Butler, 1987
Species Polypocephalus prathibhai Deshmukh, Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Species Polypocephalus pratibhai Deshmukh, Jadhav & Shinde, 1982
Species Polypocephalus radiatus Braun, 1878
Species Polypocephalus ratnagiriensis Jadhav, Shinde & Sarwade, 1986
Species Polypocephalus rhinobatidis Subhapradha, 1951
Species Polypocephalus rhynchobatidis Subhapradha, 1951
Species Polypocephalus saoudi Hassan, 1982
Species Polypocephalus singhii Shinde & Jadhav, 1981
Species Polypocephalus thapari Shinde & Jadhav, 1981
Species Polypocephalus trygoni Jadhav & Threlfall, 1986
Species Polypocephalus vesicularis Yamaguti, 1960
Species Polypocephalus visakhapatnamensis Vankara, Lakshmi & Lakshmi, 2007
Species Polypocephalus vitellaris Subhapradha, 1951
Species Polypocephalus pulcher (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) accepted as Anthemobothrium pulchrum Shipley & Hornell in Herdman, 1906

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Arb. Inst. Würzburg, 4
page(s): 301 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Polypocephalus Braun, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1365450 on 2024-05-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Arb. Inst. Würzburg, 4
page(s): 301 [details]

basis of record SN2000/G.D. Schmidt, 1982 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/G.D. Schmidt, 1982 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Parataenia Linton, 1891) Amer. J. Sci., (3) 37
page(s): 239 [details]

original description (of Polycephalus Linstow, 1889) Compend. Helm., Nachtr.
page(s): 101 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Parataenia Linton, 1891)
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