Tapeworm Species Details

Gangesia spasskajae Demshin, 1987
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14333
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Gangesia
Species spasskajae
Authority Demshin, 1987
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Gangesia polyonchis Roitman & Freze, 1964
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)
Redescription

Ash, A., A. de Chambrier., T. Shimazu, A. Ermolenko, and T. Scholz. 2015. An annotated list of the species of Gangesia Woodland, 1924 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), parasites of catfishes in Asia, with new synonyms and a key to their identification. Systematic Parasitology 91(1): 13-33.

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Scientific Name Notes citation: 7322

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/27/2021 Created R. Kuchta
05/27/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/18/2021ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Siluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Parasilurus
Species ascotus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Silurus
Species asotus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Lake Khanka
Island(s)
City/Region Primorsky Krai
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes - оз. Ханка

Specimens

Type Material -IBSSV No. 283 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens 3
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -IBSSV, Institute of Biology & Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.