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Rhipidocotyle ghanensis Fischthal & Thomas, 1968

579738  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579738)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Bucephalata (Suborder)
  10. Bucephaloidea (Superfamily)
  11. Bucephalidae (Family)
  12. Bucephalinae (Subfamily)
  13. Rhipidocotyle (Genus)
  14. Rhipidocotyle ghanensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
recent only
Fischthal, J. H., & Thomas, J. D. (1968). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Ghana: families Acanthocolpidae, Bucephalidae, Didymozoidae. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 35(2): 237-247.
page(s): 242 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Ghanaian part of the Gulf of Guinea  
type locality contained in Ghanaian part of the Gulf of Guinea [details]
WoRMS (2025). Rhipidocotyle ghanensis Fischthal & Thomas, 1968. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579738 on 2025-05-12
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Cribb, Thomas

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Nomenclature

original description Fischthal, J. H., & Thomas, J. D. (1968). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Ghana: families Acanthocolpidae, Bucephalidae, Didymozoidae. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 35(2): 237-247.
page(s): 242 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Rhipidocotyle karthai Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970) Hafeezullah, M., Siddiqi, A. H. (1970). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of India. Part I. Bucephalidae and Cryptogonimidae. <em>Indian Journal of Helminthology.</em> 22, 1–22.
page(s): 8 [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Madhavi, R., Bray, R. A. (2018). <em>Digenetic Trematodes of Indian Marine Fishes.</em> Springer, Dordrecht, 693 pp.
page(s): 60 [details] 

Other

additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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