Allostomachicola secundus (Srivastava, 1939)Yamaguti, 1958

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
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13184788
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scientific name	Allostomachicola secundus (Srivastava, 1939)Yamaguti, 1958
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9. Allostomachicola secundus (Srivastava, 1939)Yamaguti, 1958 View in CoL

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1939. Stomachicola secundus Srivastava, Ind. J. Vet. Sci. & Anim. Husb. 9 (1): 77-79

1958. Allostomachicola secundus Yamaguti Pub. Seto. Marine Biol. Lab. 6 (3): 369-384

Material examined: 6 examples; Host: Scomberomorous guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) ; locality: Diamond Harbour, West Bengal; collector: Jasmine, P. & party .

Diagnostic characters: Body elongated, muscular; oral sucker subterminal with distinct preoral lobe; oesophagus short; acetabulum almost double of oral sucker; testes postacetabular, diagonal; seminal vesicle elongated, oval; ovary post tetsticular, reniform; uterus intercaecal; occupying most part of the ecsoma; vitellaria with seven lobes; excretory arms united anteriorly.

Distribution: India: Odisha, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Quwait, Pakistan, Japan

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

Subfamily: STOMACHICOLINAE

Genus: Stomachicola Yamaguti, 1934