Systematic Observation Of New Piscean Ptychobothriidaean Tapeworm From Mastacembelus Armatus At Marathwada Region (M.S.) India

Abstract

Present study deals with Biosystematics of Piscean Ptychobothriidaean tapeworm Circumoncobothrium chavani Sp. Nov. collected from intestine of freshwater catfish host Mastacembelus armatus. (Lacepede, 1800) from different places of Marathwada Region (M.S.) India. The worm comes closer to all known species of the genus Circumoncobothrium (Shinde, 1968) in general topography of organ but differs due to having length of worm, scolex triangular, rostellum disc like, Mature segments broader than long, number and shape of testes, Ovary is bilobed.