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Proteocephalus ritaii Verma, 1926
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2469
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species ritaii
Authority Verma, 1926
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Citation(s)

Verma, S. C. 1926. On a new proteocephalid cestode from an Indian freshwater fish. Allahabad University Studies 2: 353-361.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/12/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
11/08/2013Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Type Host
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Genus Rita
Species rita
Subspecies
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host duodenum and small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water rivers of northern India
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.