NEIHPID

Senga sp. Back

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Taxonomy

Senga sp.

Host

Channa (striatus), Channa (punctatus)

Locality

Byrnihat (Meghalaya)

Remarks

The genus Senga was established by Dollfus in 1934 based on the type species S. besnardi from Betta splendens. Various workers who has worked on this species (Senga lucknowensis Johri, 1956 in Mastacembelus armatus; S. visakhapatnamensis Ramadevi and Rao, 1973 in Ophiocephalus punctatus from Visakhapatnam; S. khami Deshmukh and Shinde, 1980 in O. marulius from Aurangabad; S. aurangabadensis Jadhav and Shinde, 1980 in M. armatus from Aurangabad; S. godavarii Shinde and Jadhav, 1980 in M. armatus from Aurangabad; S. punctati and S. mastacembali Gupta and Sinha, 1980 in O. punctatus and M. armatus from Lucknow; S. raoi and S. jagannathae Majid and Shinde, 1984 in C. punctatus from Jagannathpuri; S. indica Gupta and Parmar, 1986 in M. armatus from Lucknow;  S. gangesii Gairola and Malhotra, 1986 in Mystus vittatus from Allahabad; S. vittati Gairola and Malhotra, 1987 in M. vittatus from Allahabad; S. yamunica Gairola and Malhotra, 1986 in M. vittatus from Allahabad; S. nayari Malhotra, 1988 in M. armatus from Garhwal ; S. pathankotensis Duggal and Harlean, 1989 in Labeo rohita from Punjab; S. teleostei Banerjee et al., 1990 in C. punctatus from Garhwal; S. chauhani Hasnain, 1992 in C. punctatus from Bihar; S. jhansiensis Mathur, 1994 in M. armatus from Uttar Pradesh;  S. jadhavae Bhure et al., 2007 in M. armatus from Aurangabad).

Helminthological collections record

NEHU/Z-CF1

References

Johri GN. 1956 A new cestode Senga lucknowensis from Mastacembelus armatus Lacep. Current Science. 25: 193-195.

Ramadevi P and Rao KH. 1973 On Senga visakhapatnamensis n.sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the intestine of the freshwater fish Ophiocephalus punctatus (Bloch). Rivista Di Parasitologia, Roma. 49: 281-286

Deshmukh RA and Shinde GB. 1980 On Senga khami n.sp. (Cestoda: Ptychobothriidae) from a fresh water fish. Indian Journal of Zoology. 8: 30-33.

Jadhav BV and Shinde GB. 1980 On a new cestode Senga aurangbadensis n.sp from the fish, Mastacembelus armatus. Bioresearch. 4: 25-26.

Shinde GB and Jadhav BV. 1980 A new tapeworm, Senga godavarii n.sp from Mastacembelus armatus at Aurangabad, India. Biology. 11: 46-48.

Gupta SP and Sinha S. 1980 Two new species of Senga Dollfus, 1934 (Cestoda: Ptychobothriidae) from freshwater fishes of Lucknow. Indian Journal of Helminthology. 32: 124-128

Majid MA and Shinde GB. 1984 Two new species of the genus Senga Dollfus, 1934 (Cestoda : Pseudophyllidea) from freshwater fish at Jagannathpuri, Orissa.

Gupta V and Parmar S. 1986 On a new cestodes, Senga indica sp. nov. from the intestine of the freshwater fish Mastacembelus armatus (Lacep) from Lucknow. Indian Journal of Helminthology. 37: 96-99

Gairola D and Malhotra SK. 1986a Cestode fauna of food fishes in river Ganges around an Indian subhumid region. I. Senga gangesii n.sp. from Mystus vittatus. Japanese Journal of Parasitology. 36: 471-474.

Gairola D and Malhotra SK. 1987 Cestode fauna of food fishes in river Ganges around an Indian subhumid region. II. Senga vittati n.sp. from Mystus vittatus. Acta Parasitologia Lituanica. 22: 92-96

Gairola D and Malhotra SK. 1986b Cestode fauna of food fishes in aquatic ecosystems of Indian subhumid region. I. Senga yamunica n.sp. from Mystus vittatus. Indian Journal of Helminthology. 3: 59-62

Malhotra SK. 1988 Cestode fauna of hill-stream fishes in Garhwal Himalayas, India. VI. Senga nayari sp. nov. from Mastacembelus armatus (Lacep). Indian Journal of Helminthology. 40: 53-57

Duggal CL and Harlean B. 1989 On Senga pathankotensis sp.nov and S. lucknowensis Johri, 1956 (Cestoda: Ptychobothridae) infecting freshwater fishes of Punjab, India. Research Bulletin of the Punjab University- Science. 40: 35-37

Banerjee S, Chaubey AK and Malhotra SK. 1990 Cestode fauna of Hill stream fishes in Garhwal Himalayas, India. XI. Senga teleostei n.sp. from Channa punctatus. Indian Journal of Parasitology. 14: 153-156

Hasnain M. 1992. On a new cestode Senga chauhani sp.nov. from a fish host Channa punctatus from Jamshedpur. Indian Journal of Helminthology. 44: 123-127

Mathur N, Srivastav AK and Daisy, R. 1994. Piscine cestode of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, Senga jhansiensis n.sp. (Cestoda: Ptychobothriidae) from Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede). Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology. 14: 94-96

Bhure DB, Padwal ND and Jadhav BV. 2007 A new tapeworm Senga jadhavae n.sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from Mastacembelus armatus at Aurangabad. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of India. 6: 45-52