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A new species of Acanthocephala, Acanthosentis dattai, n.sp., from a fresh-water fish of Bengal, Barbus ticto (Ham. & Buch.) and B. stigma (Cuv. & Val.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

T. N. Podder
T. N. Podder
Affiliation:
Professor of Zoology, Carmichael Medical College, Calcutta
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About a year ago when examining the intestinal contents of various fresh-water fishes of Bengal, I obtained a new acanthocephalan parasite, Acanthosentis dattai, from the small intestine of Barbus ticto and B. stigma. In a single host as many as twenty were obtained, but the average number of parasites taken from other hosts was four to ten. Some of these were found lying in a sluggish state in the lumen of the intestine. About the months of July and August some were found in copula.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 1938 , pp. 171 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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