Gangesia Bengalensis [Gangesia bengalensis]
Description
A species of cestode in the family Proteocephalidae. It is found in freshwaters of India, where it infects the intestines of its definitive host, a kind of catfish called Wallago attu. It is characterized by a scolex (head) with a single row of large, rectangular rostellar hooks and four suckers.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Flatworms
Platyhelminthes
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Cestoda
Cestoda
|
| Order |
Proteocephalidea
Proteocephalidea
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| Family |
Gangesiids
Gangesiidae
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| Genus |
Gangesia
Gangesia
|