Distoma reniferum Looss, Centralbl. Bakteriol.

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-

1898, Distoma reniferum Looss, Centralbl. Bakteriol. 23 (11):

461 1900. Astiotrema reniferum Looss, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. 12

(5-6): 521-784

Material examined: One example; Host: Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; location; intestine; locality: Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Host: Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; location: intestine; locality: Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

Diagnostic characters: Body lanceolate, spined; oral sucker almost equal to acetabulum; prepharynx absent; oesophagus long; caecal bifurcation just anterior to acetabulum; testes oblique; ovary pretesticular, spherical; cirrus pouch claviform, extends upto anterior region of ovary; seminal receptacle present; vitelline follicles lateral, overlapping intestinal caeca; extends from the level of posterior margin of acetabulum to the level of posterior testes; uterine coil extends from acetabulum to posterior end of the body; excretory vesicle ‘Y’ shaped.

Distribution: India: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Egypt