Tapeworm Species Details

Postgangesia orientale Akhmerov, 1969
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2410
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Postgangesia
Species orientale
Authority Akhmerov, 1969
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Akhmerov, A. Kh . 1969. New cestode Postgangesia orientale g. et sp. n. belonging to the new subfamily Postgangesiinae (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from silurid fishes of the River Amur [In Russian]. Trudy Gel’mintologicheskoi Laboratorii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR 20: 3-7.

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de Chambrier, A. , S. N. H. Al-Kallak, & J. Mariaux. 2003. A new tapeworm, Postgangesia inarmata n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea: Gangesiinae), parasitic in Silurus glanis (Siluriformes) from Iraq and some comments on the Gangesiinae Mola, 1929. Systematic Parasitology 55: 199-209.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/13/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
02/17/2010Modified
04/25/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Siluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Silurus
Species soldatovi
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Silurus
Species soldatovi
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) -Parasilurus asotus (= Silurus asotus)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -type host not designated, but S. soldatovi appeared in description first

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Middle part of Amur River
Island(s)
City/Region near village of Elabuga (middle part of Amur)
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities -lower part of Amur River: Tyra, Malmyzha, and Lakes Matshi, Orel, Udyl
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - Institute of Parasitology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (former GELAN) Nos. 248, 377 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.