Abstract
A new trematode Plagioporus multiovariumi is described here from the freshwater fish Labeo gonius from Keenjhar Lake, Sindh, Pakistan. The new species is characterized by having smooth elongated body, oral sucker small and well developed; pre-pharynx absent; pharynx well developed; intestinal ceca simple; acetabulum almost rounded; pre-equatorial and median; testes almost rounded; vitellaria consists of numerous rounded follicles occupying mostly lateral fields from slightly anterior to cirrus opening to the posterior end of the body; cirrus long and tubular; slightly overlapping acetabulum containing seminal vesicle; ovary 7-8 lobed; uterus small and eggs small, oval and numerous.

Fatima Mujib Bilqees, G.S. Shaikh, Aly Khan. (2009) PLAGIOPORUS MULTIOVARIUM N. SP. (TREMATODA: OPECOELIDAE FROM A FRESHWATER FISH (LABEO GONIUS (HAM.)), , Volume 6, Issue 1 & 2.
  • Views 432
  • Downloads

Article Details

Volume
Issue
Type
Language