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Polyonchobothrium allahabadense Gairola & Malhotra, 1987
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7797
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polyonchobothrium
Species allahabadense
Authority Gairola & Malhotra, 1987
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Senga gangesii Gairola et Malhotra, 1986
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Gairola, D. and S. K. Malhotra. 1987. Cestode fauna of food fishes in river Ganes around an Indian sub-humid Region. IV. Polyonchobothrium allahabadense n. sp. from Mystus vittatus at Allahabad. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 36(2): 49-52.

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Scientific Name Notes -provisionaly synonymised by Kuchta and Scholz (2007) as Senga ganesii Grairola & Malhotra, 1986

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
07/01/2014Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/15/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/06/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/29/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Sisoridae
Type Host
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Genus Mystus
Species vittatus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Mystus
Species vittatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water River Ganges
Island(s)
City/Region Allahabad
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Specimens

Type Material -Holotype slide no. PCLS 108/86 and paratype slide no. PCLS 109/86 deposited with the Parasitological Collections, Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.