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 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.