Gangesia pakistanica [Gangesia pakistanica]
Description
This species of cestode belongs to the family Proteocephalidae. Its definitive host is the Indus river catfish, Wallago attu. The species is characterized by a scolex with a single row of large, rectangular rostellar hooks and four suckers.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Flatworms
Platyhelminthes
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Cestoda
Cestoda
|
| Order |
Proteocephalidea
Proteocephalidea
|
| Family |
Gangesiids
Gangesiidae
|
| Genus |
Gangesia
Gangesia
|