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Senga visakhapatnamensis Devi & Rao, 1973
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7869
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Senga
Species visakhapatnamensis
Authority Devi & Rao, 1973
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Polyonchobothrium visakhapatnamensis (Devil & Rao, 1973) Blair, 1978
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Devi, P. R. and K. H. Rao. 1973. On Senga visakhapatnamensis n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the intestine of the fresh water fish Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch. Rivista di Parassitologia 34: 281-286.

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Scientific Name Notes -provisionally valid by Kuchta and Scholz (2007)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/06/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/08/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/09/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/20/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Channidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ophiocephalus
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
Island(s)
City/Region Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

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