Aphanurus stossichi ( Monticelli, 1891 ) Looss, 1907

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-

2. Aphanurus stossichi ( Monticelli, 1891) Looss, 1907

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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.