Uterovesiculurous platycephali ( Yamaguti, 1934 )

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	Uterovesiculurous platycephali ( Yamaguti, 1934 )
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8. Uterovesiculurous platycephali ( Yamaguti, 1934)

Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 Figure 2 (c-d) 1934. Ectenurus platycephali Yamaguti, Jap. J. Zool. 5 (3): 249-541 1954. Uterovesiculurus platycephali Skrjabin & Guschanskaja ,

Izdat. Acad. Nauk. SSSR. Moskv. 9: 656

Material examined: 4 examples; Host: Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; location: stomach; locality: Diamond Harbour, West Bengal; collector: S. Chakrabarti & party

Diagnostic characters: Body smooth, ecsoma well developed; acetabulum larger than oral sucker; intestinal caeca extends upto ecsoma; seminal vesicle dorsal to acetabulum; testes diagonal; ovary posttesticular, oval shaped; uterus extends from the level of acetabulum to the anterior level of ecsoma; excretory arms united in the forebody.

Distribution: India: West Bengal

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