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On Ptychobothrium cypseluri n.sp. (Gestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from the Flying Fish, Cypselurus poecilopterus caught off Waltair

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

K. Hanumantha Roa
K. Hanumantha Roa
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University of Leeds
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Abstract

1. A new species of the genus Ptychobothrium Loennberg 1889, recovered from the intestine of the Hying fish Cypselttrus poecthpterus Cuv. and Val., off the coast of Waltair, is described.

2. Ptychobothrium cypseluri n.sp. differs from P. bclottes (Dujardin, 1845), the only other known species of the genus, in the nature of the ovary, uterus and the number of testes.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 1959 , pp. 267 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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