Open AccessRedescription of Procamallanus mathurai Pande, Bhatia and Rai, 1963 (Camallanidae: Nematoda)
Author(s) -
B. Bharatha Lakshmi,
M. Sudha
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
boletín chileno de parasitología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0717-6325
pISSN - 0365-9402
DOI - 10.4067/s0365-94021999000300015
Subject(s) - sponge spicule , zoology , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , stomach , anatomy , fishery , biochemistry
The present species, identified as Procamallanus mathurai obtained from the stomach and intestine of fresh water fish Heteropneuste fossilis (Bloch) is redescribed. Position of vulva preequatorial which was not described earlier by Pande et al., 1963 and it differs from the original description in the size of spicules.