Neopodocotyle indica Dayal, 1950

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
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6F4587C4-AF34-F022-FF48-BDADEC256C4A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neopodocotyle indica Dayal, 1950
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21. Neopodocotyle indica Dayal, 1950 View in CoL

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1950. Neopodocotyle indica Dayal, Ind. J. Helm. 2 (1): 6-8.

Material examined: 2 examples; Host: Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) ; location: intestine; locality: Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

Diagnostic characters: Body elongated; oral sucker subterminal; prepharynx short; acetabulum at anterior half of the body; intestinal caeca blind; testes tandem; ovary pretesticular, separated from anterior testes by uterine coils; vitellaria follicular, restricted in hind body only; excretory vesicle tubular.

Distribution: India: Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

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