Abstract

A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS CIRCUMONCOBOTHRIUM JAFRABADENSIS N. SP. (CESTODE: PTYCHOBOTHRIIDAE, LUHE, 1902) FROM A FRESH WATER FISH MASTACEMBELLUS ARMATUS

Dr. Ishrat Vasi Shaikh*

Abstract

The present paper contains the description of C. jafrabadensis, a newspecies of genus Circumoncobothrium (Shinde, 1968). Five specimenof cestode parasites were collected and flattened, preserved in 4%formalin, stained with Harris Haematoxylin, dehydrated throughvarious alcohol grades, mounted in DPX and whole mount slidesprepared for detailed anatomical studies. The drawings made usingcamera lucida. All measurements are in millimeters, unless otherwiseindicated. The present species differs from earlier reported species inhaving large, triangular scolex with two bothria; 44 rostellar hooks, 11in each quadrant; testes 140 – 150 (143) arranged in two lateral fields;vitellaria follicular, small round, in 2 – 4 rows, subcortical in position on each lateral side.

Keywords: Cestoda, Circumoncobothrium jafrabadensis n. sp., Mastacembellus armatus, Jafrabad, Jalna.