Tapeworm Species Details

Senga gordoni (Woodland, 1937) Kuchta & Scholz, 2007
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8010
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Senga
Species gordoni
Authority (Woodland, 1937) Kuchta & Scholz, 2007
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Kirstenella gordoni (Woodland, 1937) Kuchta, 2012 in Kuchta et al. 2012
Synonyms
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1937. Some cestodes from Sierra Leone. II. A new caryophyllaeid, Marsypocephalus and Polyonchobothrium. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 189-192.

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Kuchta, R. and T. Scholz. 2007. Diversity and distribution of fish tapeworms of the "Bothriocephalidea" (Eucestoda). Parassitologia 49: 21-38.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R., A. Burianovα, M. Jirků, A. de Chambrier, M. Oros, J. Brabec, and T. Scholz. 2012. Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. g. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp. Zootaxa 3309: 1–35.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/12/2010 Created N. Arisco, R. Kuchta
06/25/2014Modified
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
07/01/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Clariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Heterobranchus
Species bidorsalis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Heterobranchus
Species bidorsalis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sierra Leone
Body of Water Waanje River
Island(s)
City/Region nere Pujehun
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -BMNH 1965.2.24.36-45
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.