Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

A New Genus of the Tetraphyllidean Cestodes from Dasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 Captured from Digha Coastal Water, Bay of Bengal, India

A New Genus of the Tetraphyllidean Cestodes from Dasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 Captured from... Aloculibothrium dasyatii n. gen. n. sp. is described from the spiral intestine of Dasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 captured at Digha coastal waters, Bay of Bengal, India. This species is placed under the famil Onchobothriidae (Braun, 1900) and erected a new genus Aloculibothrium to accommodate this specimen. The body is 24.22–36.58 mm long and with 310–325 proglottids; scolex rectangular with two parts; anterior bearing four bothridia with paired bifurcated hooks, divided into inner and outer prong and posterior with fleshy collar. The cestode has been compared with all the existing twelve different valid genera under the family Onchobothriidae but to accommodate the present specimens a new genera Aloculibothrium is erected. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Proceedings of the Zoological Society Springer Journals

A New Genus of the Tetraphyllidean Cestodes from Dasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 Captured from Digha Coastal Water, Bay of Bengal, India

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/a-new-genus-of-the-tetraphyllidean-cestodes-from-dasyatis-sephen-NLBMYEGzxs

References (29)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by Zoological Society, Kolkata, India
Subject
Life Sciences; Life Sciences, general; Zoology; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Biodiversity; Conservation Biology/Ecology
ISSN
0373-5893
eISSN
0974-6919
DOI
10.1007/s12595-016-0190-y
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Aloculibothrium dasyatii n. gen. n. sp. is described from the spiral intestine of Dasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 captured at Digha coastal waters, Bay of Bengal, India. This species is placed under the famil Onchobothriidae (Braun, 1900) and erected a new genus Aloculibothrium to accommodate this specimen. The body is 24.22–36.58 mm long and with 310–325 proglottids; scolex rectangular with two parts; anterior bearing four bothridia with paired bifurcated hooks, divided into inner and outer prong and posterior with fleshy collar. The cestode has been compared with all the existing twelve different valid genera under the family Onchobothriidae but to accommodate the present specimens a new genera Aloculibothrium is erected.

Journal

Proceedings of the Zoological SocietySpringer Journals

Published: Nov 18, 2016

There are no references for this article.