Aphanuroides lethrini Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962

Ghosh, Anindita, Chakrabarti, Shuvajit & Purushothaman, Jasmine, 2017, Platyhelminthes parasites of fish of economic importance from Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 242-242 : 242-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120967
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scientific name	Aphanuroides lethrini Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962
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3. Aphanuroides lethrini Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962 View in CoL

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1962. Aphanuroides lethrini Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, J. Arab. Veter. Med. Ass. 22 (3): 225-230

Material examined: 7 examples; Host: Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 ; location: intestine; locality: Nischintapur, Diamond Harbour, West Bengal; collector: Jasmine, P. & party .

Diagnostic characters: Body elongated, small; oral sucker smaller than acetabulum; acetabulum near anterior extremity; testes tandem, situated at middle third of the body; ovary posttesticular; uterine coils extends upto the hind end of the body; vitellaria with two compact lobes.

Distribution: India: West Bengal. Elsewhere: Red sea

Remarks: This species has been newly recorded from Diamond Harbour.

Subfamily: ELLYTROPHALLINAE Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954

Genus: Lecithocladium Luhe, 1901