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Gengesia etawaensis Malhotra, Dixit & Capoor, 1980
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Species ID 2357
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Gengesia
Species etawaensis
Authority Malhotra, Dixit & Capoor, 1980
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Malhotra, S. K., S. Dixit, and V. N. Capoor. 1980. Taxometric evaluation of a new fish cestode Gangesia mehamdabadensis n. sp., from Mystus tengra from Mehamdabad, Gujrat. Science and Environment 3: 9-11.

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Scientific Name Notes -this appears to be a misprint; this name appears only in one sentence in the abstract of the paper; this species appears to be referred to as Gangesia mehamdabadensis throughout the paper by Malhotra et al. 1980

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/08/2004 Created
02/16/2010Modified
08/18/2021ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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