Lecithocladium piscicola (Srivastava, 1935) Manter & Pritchard, 1960
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Felipe |
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Lecithocladium piscicola (Srivastava, 1935) Manter & Pritchard, 1960 |
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5. Lecithocladium piscicola (Srivastava, 1935) Manter & Pritchard, 1960 View in CoL
Figure 1 (d)
1935. Clupenurus piscicola Srivastava, Z. Parasitenkd. 8: 135
1960. Lecithocladium piscicola Manter & Pritchard Proc. Helm.
Soc. Wash. 27 (2): 168
Material examined: 1 example; Host: Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) ; location: intestine; locality: Kakdwip, West Bengal; collector: Jasmine, P. & party .
Diagnostic characters: Body elongated with truncated anterior end; ecsoma present; oral sucker smaller than acetabulum; pharynx small, longer than its width; testes tandem, contiguous; ovary posttesticular, situated at the med region of the body; uterus extends into ecsoma; vitellaria with seven winding tubules; excretory vesicle ‘Y’ shaped.
Distribution: India: Uttar Pradesh, Odisha & West Bengal
Remarks: This species has been newly recorded from Diamond Harbour.
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