A discussion of the trematode genus pleorchis railliet, 1896 (digenea: pleorchiidae poche, 1926) with description of two new species from the intestine of marine fishes from the Indian Ocean | Pakistan Journal of Zoology 2011

Author(s)

Rahul Gupta Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

Samta Johri 2Department of Zoology, Mahila P.G. College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Satish Chandra Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

A.M. Saxena Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226 007, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Two new species of Trematodes of family Pleorchiidae are reported from the intestine of marine fishes from sea coast of Deegha, West Bengal, India (Indian Ocean): Pleorchis santoshai n.sp. from Parascorpaena picta (Cuvier) and Pleorchis keshavai n.sp. from Trachynotus botla (Shaw). In this study, status of genus Pleorchis, has also been critically discussed, and it is proposed that the genus Pleorchis Railliet, 1896 must be classified as member of superfamily Lepocreadioidea (Odhner, 1905) Bray, 2005 and family Pleorchiidae Poche, 1926.

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Page(s) 191-199

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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Year: 2011

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