Tapeworm Species Details

Ichthyotaenia vitellaris Verma, 1928
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2806
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Ichthyotaenia
Species vitellaris
Authority Verma, 1928
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus vitellaris (Verma, 1928) Southwell, 1930
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Verma, S. C. 1928. Some cestodes from Indian fishes, including four new species of Tetraphyllidea and revised keys to the genera Acanthobothrium and Gangesia. Allahabad University Studies 4: 119-176.

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Scientific Name Notes considered a synonym of Proteocephalus vitellaris by Freze (1965)

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03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
03/15/2010Modified

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Genus Bagarius
Species yarrellii
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