Tapeworm Species Details

Gangesia agraensis Verma, 1928
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2344
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Gangesia
Species agraensis
Authority Verma, 1928
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Verma, S. C. 1928. Some cestodes from Indian fishes, including four new species of Tetraphyllidea and revised keys to the genera Acanthobothrium and Gangesia. Allahabad University Studies 4: 119-176.

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Redescription

Ash, A., T. Scholz, A. de Chambrier, J. Brabec, M. Oros, P. K. Kar, S. P. Chavan, and J. Mariaux. 2012. Revision of Gangesia (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) in the Indomalayan region: morphology, molecules and surface ultrastructure. PLOS One 7(10): e46421.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/12/2004 Created A. Ash, Healy, Scholz
10/23/2012Modified
10/15/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
10/21/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
04/22/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/16/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Siluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Wallago
Species attu
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Wallago
Species attu
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region “rivers and lakes of U. P.”
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Cambodia, India (Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal) and Sri Lanka
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material type slide deposited at the Calcutta Museum (no number given)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Newly collected specimens are deposited as - BMNH 2012.8.23.1–3; IPCAS C-617; MHNG-PLAT 63241, 63250, 82297–82300, 82310; USNPC 105945–105947
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.