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Guptaia Malhotra, 1985
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Species ID 3611
Order Lecanicephalidea
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Genus Guptaia
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Authority Malhotra, 1985
Taxonomic Status Genus inquirendum
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Type Species Guptaia garhwalensis Malhotra, 1985
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Malhotra, S. 1985. Cestode fauna of hill-stream fishes in Garhwal Himalayas, India. V. Guptaia garhwalensis gen. et sp. nov. from Schizothorax richardsonii (Gray). Helminthology 20: 45-49.

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Scientific Name Notes Guptaia was allied with Tetragonocephalum by Malhotra, but Euzet suggested it is a member of an order other than the Lecanicephalidea. Jensen (2005) considered the genus to be a non-lecanicephalidea genus with historic ties to the order; it is unrecognizable based on the original description of its type species and, given the type host is a teleost, an unlikely a lecanicephalidean

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09/10/2006 Created
07/18/2014Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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