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On Three New Species of Opistholebes (Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929) from the Globe fish, Tetraodon viridipunctatus (Gunther) from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Amar Nath Gupta
Amar Nath Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Udaipur, Udaipur, (Rajasthan), India
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Extract

Three new species of the genus Opistholebes (Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929) are described from the small intestine of the globefish, Tetraodon viridipunctatus (Gunther) in India.

A key to the species of the genus Opistholebes Nicoll, 1915 is given.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 42 , Issue 3-4 , September 1968 , pp. 283 - 288
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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