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Tergestia karachiense sp.n. (Trematoda, Fellodistomidae) from the Fish Stromateus sinensis of the Karachi Coast
Author(s) -
BILQEES FATIMA MUJEB
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00607.x
Subject(s) - biology , trematoda , anatomy , genus , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , esophagus , fishery , helminths
This is the first report of the genus Tergestia from Pakistan. T. karachiense sp.n. is characterized by possessing relatively long esophagus, intestinal bifurcation in front of the acetabulum, oral lobes 12 in number, scanty irregular vitellaria, testis at the posterior extremity, and* relatively small eggs.