Tapeworm Species Details

Ptychobothrium khami Shinde & Deshmukh, 1975
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7825
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ptychobothrium
Species khami
Authority Shinde & Deshmukh, 1975
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015
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Citation(s)

Deshmukh, R. A. and G. B. Shinde. 1975. On Ptychobothrium ratnagiriensis n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the Flying Fish Exocoetus bahiensis Caught Off Ratnagiri (West Coast of Inidia. Journal of Indian Bioscientific Association 1(7-9): 133-137.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
07/01/2014Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/22/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/25/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/26/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Nemacheilidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Nemacheilus
Species botia
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Acanthocobitis
Species botia
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Kham River
Island(s)
City/Region Aurangabad, Maharashtra
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Specimens

Type Material -not located
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.