Tapeworm Species Details

Gangesia osculata (Goeze, 1782) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2759
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Gangesia
Species osculata
Authority (Goeze, 1782) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Glanitaenia osculata (Goeze, 1782) de Chambrier, Zehnder, Vaucher & Mariaux, 2004
Synonyms -Taenia osculata Goeze, 1782 -Ichthyotaenia osculata (Goeze, 1782) Riggenbach, 1896 -Proteocephalus osculatus (Goeze, 1782) La
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Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Goeze, J. A. E. 1782. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper. Gedruckt bey Philipp Adam Pape, Blankenburg, 471 pp & 44 plat pp.

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Meggitt, F. J. 1927. Remarks on the cestode families Monticellidae and Ichthyotaeniidae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 21: 69-87.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Meggitt (1927) does not explicitly state that this is a new combination, but this is the earliest use of this name we have found.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/11/2010Modified
04/03/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
04/23/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
11/15/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Siluridae
Type Host
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Genus Silurus
Species glanis
Subspecies
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Genus Silurus
Species glanis
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Type Locality

Country Europe
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.