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Senga teleostei Banerjee, Chaubey, Malhotra, 1990
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7868
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Senga
Species teleostei
Authority Banerjee, Chaubey, Malhotra, 1990
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Senga visakhapatnamensis Devi & Rao, 1973
Synonyms
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Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Banerjee, S., A. K. Chaubey, and S. K. Malhotra. 1990. Cestode fauna of hill-stream fishes in Garhwal Himalays, India. 9. Senga teleostei n. sp. from Channa punctatus. Indian Journal of Parasitology 14: 153-156.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -provisonally synonymised by Kuchta and Scholz (2007)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/08/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/09/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Channidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Channa
Species punctatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Channa
Species punctata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water River Song
Island(s)
City/Region Garhwal Himalayas, U.P.
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -PCLS No. 118/89 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -Parasitological collection, Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P., India
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.