Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2014

A New Species of The Genus– Tetragonocephalum Pulensis From A Marine Fish Trygon Zugei

Nilima M. Kankale,

Abstract :

 The present form was collected from the intestine of marine fish Trygon Zugei. Fishes were collected from the local fish catcher of Ratnagiri (M.S.).  After the laboratory examination it is concluded that it deals with the new species of the cestode from the genus Tetrogonocephalum Shipley Hornell, 1905, viz. Tetragonocephalum Pulensis n. sp. Collected from Ratnagiri (west coast of India) from a marine fish Trygon  Zugei (Muller & Henle, 1841). The present species differ from all other known species of the genus in having scolex globular or oval, neck present, testes (39–40), ovary ‘U’ shape, vitellaria granular (2 or 3 rows).

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NILIMA M. KANKALE A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS- TETRAGONOCEPHALUM PULENSIS FROM A MARINE FISH TRYGON ZUGEI Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. IV

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