Tapeworm Species Details

Postgangesia inarmata de Chambrier, Al-Kallak & Mariaux, 2003
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8017
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Postgangesia
Species inarmata
Authority de Chambrier, Al-Kallak & Mariaux, 2003
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

de Chambrier, A. , S. N. H. Al-Kallak, & J. Mariaux. 2003. A new tapeworm, Postgangesia inarmata n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea: Gangesiinae), parasitic in Silurus glanis (Siluriformes) from Iraq and some comments on the Gangesiinae Mola, 1929. Systematic Parasitology 55: 199-209.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/10/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/04/2012Modified
04/25/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Siluridae
Type Host
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Genus Silurus
Species glanis
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Silurus
Species glanis
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Type Locality

Country Iraq
Body of Water Tigris River
Island(s)
City/Region Mosul, Ninawá Province, NE Iraq.
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Specimens

Type Material - MHNG-PLAT-33498 (holotype) - MHNG-PLAT-33499, 33500, 33501, 33502 (4 paratypes) - BMNH 2002.9.26.1 (1 paratype)
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.