Platyhelminthes parasites of fish of economic importance from Diamond Harbour, West Bengal
Author
Ghosh, Anindita
Author
Chakrabarti, Shuvajit
Author
Purushothaman, Jasmine
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
2017-12-01
117
3
242
242
http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120967
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120967
2581-8686
13184241
32.
Faustula brevichrus
(Srivastava, 1935) Yamaguti
,
1960
1935.
Orientophorus brevichrus
Srivastava,
Parasit
.
27
(3): 377
1958.
Faustula brevichrus
Yamaguti,
Syst. Helm.
Vol. I.
The Dig. Trem. Vert. Interscience Publishers
,
New York
: 34
Material examined:
Host:
Hilsa ilisha
(Hamilton, 1822)
; location: intestine; locality: Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas,
West Bengal
; collector:
Jasmine, P.
& party
Diagnostic characters:
Body oval, spined; oral sucker equal to acetabulum; oesophagus long; intestinal caeca extends beyond testes; testes symmetrical, at either side of the acetabulum; ovary pretesticular, lobed; cirrus sac flask shaped, overlaps acetabulum; genital pore almost at the level of intestinal bifurcation; vitelline follicles lateral; situated at the acetabular zone; uterus occupies entire hind region of the body; excretory vesicle ‘Y’ shaped.
Distribution:
India
:
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
.
Remarks:
This species has been newly recorded from Diamond Harbour.