Monascus trilobatus ( Bilquees, 1973 ) Hafeezullah, 1984

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-

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120967

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scientific name

Monascus trilobatus ( Bilquees, 1973 ) Hafeezullah, 1984
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33. Monascus trilobatus ( Bilquees, 1973) Hafeezullah, 1984 View in CoL

1973. Karachitrema trilobata Bilquees, Acta. Parasit. Pol. 21: 327-334

1984. Monascus trilobatus Hafeezullah, Bull. Zool. Surv. India 6: 209-218

Material examined: 3 examples; Host: Stromateus sinensis Forster, 1795 ; location: intestine; locality: Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal; collector: S. Chakrabarty & party

Diagnostic characters: Body elongated; oral sucker larger than acetabulum; prepharynx absent; intestinal caeca extends upto the posterior end of the body; testes tandem, postequatorial; ovary pretesticular, lobed; vitelline follicles extends from the level of acetabulum to the level of anterior testes; uterus extends from the hind end of acetabulum to almost posterior end of the body; excretory vesicle ‘Y’ shaped.

Distribution: India: West Bengal

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

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