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
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2.
Aphanurus stossichi
(
Monticelli, 1891
) Looss, 1907
Figure 1 (a)
1891.
Apoblema stossichi
Monticelli,
Atti. Acad. Sci.Torino
.
26
: 501
1907.
Aphanurus stossichi
Looss,
Zool. Anz.
31
: (19-20): 591
1999.
A. stossichi
:
Hafeezullah
&
Dutta
,
Fauna of
West Bengal
(Part 11): 133-222
Material examined:
3 examples; Host:
Setipinna phasa
(Hamilton, 1822)
; location: intestine; locality: Diamond Harbour,
West Bengal
; collector:
S. Chakrabarti
& party
.
Diagnostic characters:
Body small; oral sucker subterminal, smaller than acetabulum; acetabulum situated near anterior end of the body; intestinal caeca extends to posterior extremity; testes diagonal, postacetabular; ovary almost immediately posttesticular; uterine coils almost extend to posterior extremity; uterus extends upto the posterior end of the caeca; vitellaria large, single, present posterior to ovary; excretory arms large.
Distribution:
India
:
Odisha
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
.
Elsewhere:
Pakistan
,
Spain
,
Philippines
, Black sea, Odessa Bay, Dniester estuary, Baltic.