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 31. Faustula gangetica (Srivastava, 1935) Yamaguti, 1958 Figure 6 (e) 1935. Orientophorus gangeticus Srivastava, Parasit . 27 (3): 377 1958. Faustula gangetica Yamaguti, Syst. Helm. Vol. I. The Dig. Trem. Vert. Interscience Publishers , New York : 34 Material examined: 5 examples; Host: Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) ; location: intestine; locality: Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal . Diagnostic characters: Body oval, spined; oral sucker terminal, almost equal to acetabulum; oesophagus moderate; intestinal caeca extends upto equatorial level; testes symmetrical, at either side of the acetabulum; ovary pretesticular, lobed; cirrus sac flask shaped, extends upto the posterior margin of the acetabulum; genital pore median, situated posterior to intestinal caeca; vitelline follicles lateral, extends from the posterior margin of oesophagus to the level of posterior margin of ovary; uterus occupies the entire posttesticular region; excretory vesicle ‘Y’shaped. Distribution: India : Odisha , Tamil Nadu , Maharashtra , Gujarat & West Bengal .