Tapeworm Species Details

Gangesia haryanae Gupta & Arora, 1981
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2751
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Gangesia
Species haryanae
Authority Gupta & Arora, 1981
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Gangesia agraensis Verma, 1928
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Gupta, N. K. and S. Arora. 1979. On a new species of the genus Gangesia Woodland, 1924 (Cestoda: Protecephalo idea) from a freshwater fish Wallago attu, along with a survey of its related forms. Reserach Bulletin (Science) of the Punjab University 30: 27-36.

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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 not listed in Schmidt (1986)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created A. Ash, Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, C
10/25/2012Modified
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
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Genus Wallago
Species attu
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Wallago
Species attu
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Ambala
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material not given
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.