Tapeworm Species Details

Circumoncobothrium ophiocephali Shinde, 1968
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12386
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Circumoncobothrium
Species ophiocephali
Authority Shinde, 1968
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Senga pycnomera (Woodland, 1924) Dollfus, 1934
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Shinde, G. B. 1968. On Circumoncobothrium ophiocephali n. gen. n. sp. from a fresh water fish (Ophiocephalus leucopunctatus) in India. Rivista di Parassitologia 29(2): 111-114.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -provisionally synonymised by Kuchta & Scholz (2007)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
01/15/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/07/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/10/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/09/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Percifomes
Host Family Channidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ophiocephalus
Species leucopunctatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Channa
Species marulius
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -not located
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.