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Lucknowia fossilisi Gupta, 1961
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 62
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Lucknowia
Species fossilisi
Authority Gupta, 1961
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Crescentovitus biloculus Murhar, 1963; Capingentoides singhi Verma, 1971; Pseudocapingentoides indica Verma, 1971; Capingentoides moghei Pandey, 1973; Capingentoides heteropneusti Gupta and Sinha, 1979; Pseudocapingentoides cameroni Gupta and Sinha, 1984; Capingentoides fotedari Gupta and Parmar, 1986; Pseudocapingentoides gomatii Gupta and Parmar, 1990; Pseudocaryophyllaeus heteropneustus Chandra and Khatun, 1993; Pseudoadenoscolex fossilis Mathur and Srivastav, 1994; Lucknowia ovocompactum Singh, Sharma & Rastogi, 2001; Pseudoheteroinverta tikamgarhensis Srivastav & Khare, 2005; Capingentoides vachai Pande, Dubey & Mittal, 2007; Sukhpatae prithvipurensis Srivastav, Khare & Sahu, 2007; Pseudoheteroinverta chirgaonensis Srivastav, Narayan & Singh, 2008; Crescentovitus biloculus Murhar, 1963; Lytocestus heteropneustii Tandon, Chakravarty & Das, 2005; Lytocestus jagtai Tripathi, Singh & Mishra, 2007
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Gupta S. P. 1961. Caryophyllaeids (Cestoda) from freshwater fishes of India. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 28: 38-50.

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Redescription

Ash A., T. Scholz, M. Oros, C. Levron, and P. K. Kar. 2011. Cestodes (Caryophyllidea) of the stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae) from Asia. Journal of Parasitology 97(5): 899-907.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/17/2005 Created A. Ash, Hanzelova , Oros
08/28/2012Modified
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
03/29/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/03/2020ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Heteropneustidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Heteropneustes
Species fossilis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Heteropneustes
Species fossilis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Clarias batrachus; Channa striata; Eutropiichthys vacha
Site in Host intestine (middle and posterior thirds)
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water River Gomti
Island(s)
City/Region Lucknow, U. P.
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Bangladesh, India (Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal.
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Neotype - IPCAS C-578
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Type material deposited in Dr. G. S. Thapar s helminthological Collection, Lucknow, U.P. India
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.