Tapeworm Species Details

Tentacularia gangetica (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Southwell, 1929
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5207
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species gangetica
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Southwell, 1929
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Poecilancistrium caryophyllum (Diesing, 1850) Dollfus, 1929
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus gangeticus Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/06/2015Modified
06/03/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
04/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
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Type Host
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Genus Carcharias
Species gangeticus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
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Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Sciaena hololepidota
Site in Host
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Type Locality

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Additional Localities Mossel Bay, South Africa (S. hololepidota)
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.