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A NEW SPECIES (DIPLOMONORCHIS RAFIAE) OF THE FAMILY MONORCHIIDAE (TREMATODA) FROM A MARINE FISH ELLOCHELON VAIGIENSIS QUOY AND GAIMARD, 1825 OF PAKISTAN WATERS
Author(s):
1. Mehtab Ibrahim: Department of Zoology, University of Karachi,Karachi ,Pakistan
2. Aly Khan: VPCI, Southern Zone Agriculture Research Council, University of Karachi,Karachi ,Pakistan
3. Nasira Khatoon: Department of Zoology, University of Karachi,Karachi ,Pakistan
4. Samina Waheed: Department of Zoology, University of Karachi,Karachi ,Pakistan
5. Noor-un-Nisa: VPCI, Southern zone Agricultural Research Centre, PARC, Karachi University Campus,Karachi ,Pakistan
Abstract:
A new species of Digenea is being recorded in a marine fish Ellochelon vaigiensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 from Karachi coast, Sindh and Makran coast, Balochistan, Pakistan. Twenty-two fishes were examined and three were found infected with twenty-four specimens of Diplomonorchis rafiae n.sp. The present species differs from the only reported species from Pakistan, D. alykhani Ibrahim et al., 2022 in shape of pharynx, the position of cirrus sac opening, shape of testis and number of vitelline follicles on each side of the body
Page(s): 375-377
DOI: DOI not available
Published: Journal: International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Pakistan , Marine fish , Digenea , 1825 , Sindh and Balochistan coasts , Ellochelon vagiensis Quoy and Gaimard
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