ON A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS SENGA, DOLLFUS, 1934 (CESTODA: PTYCHOBOTHRIDAE) FROM FRESH WATER FISH MASTACEMBELUS ARMATUS (LECEPEDE, 1800) AT AURANGABAD DISTRICT (M.S.), INDIA.

Ashok Mote; Sushil Jawale; Sunita Borde; Rahul Khawal

Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

ON A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS SENGA, DOLLFUS, 1934 (CESTODA: PTYCHOBOTHRIDAE) FROM FRESH WATER FISH MASTACEMBELUS ARMATUS (LECEPEDE, 1800) AT AURANGABAD DISTRICT (M.S.), INDIA.

Ashok Mote, Sushil Jawale, Sunita Borde, Rahul Khawal

Abstract :

The present communication deal with the description of a new species of genus Senga shindei Sp. Nov. These Cestodes collected from the intestine of a fresh water fish Mastacembelus armatus (Lecepede, 1800) from Godavari river at Paithan, District- Aurangabad. The present worm differs from the known species of genus Senga in the shape and size of the Scolex, number and arrangement of hooks, shape of mature segment, numbers of testes, position of cirrus pouch and arrangement of vitellaria.