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On a New Species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae), a Parasite of Fresh Water Fish, Channa Punctatus (Bl.) from Betwa River, Bundelkhand Region Jhansi, U.P, India.

Jag Mohan Sen1 *

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.1.29

The present paper deals with a new species of genus Phyllodistum Braun, 1899. Phyllodistomum betwaensis sp.n. is reported from fresh water fish Channa punctatus (Bl.) from Betwa river, Bundelkhand region,Jhansi. It differs from all the earlier reported species in having the body of fluke is spatulate and dorso-ventrally flattened; anterior portion of body is long and curved while posterior portion of body is broad; slightly curved, tubular oesophagus: ventral sucker oval and larger than oral sucker; testes, post-equatorial, inter-caecal, anterior testis is larger than posterior one and parallel to ovary; ovary, oval, just behind right vitelline lobe, parallel to anterior testis; vitelline lobes posterior-lateral to ventral sucker, oval. Right vitelline lobe is larger than left vitelline lobe; eggs are oval and non-operculated.

Phyllodistomum; Betwa River; Bundelkhand Region, Channa Punctatus

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Sen M. J. On a New Species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae), a Parasite of Fresh Water Fish, Channa Punctatus (Bl.) from Betwa River, Bundelkhand Region Jhansi, U.P, India. Curr World Environ 2014;9(1) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.9.1.29

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Sen M. J. On a New Species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae), a Parasite of Fresh Water Fish, Channa Punctatus (Bl.) from Betwa River, Bundelkhand Region Jhansi, U.P, India. Curr World Environ 2014;9(1). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org?p=476/

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