UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

CLINOSTOMOIDES PANDEYII N. SP., A RARE CLINOSTOME METACERCARIA FROM HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS (BLOCH)

H.S. SINGH *

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, MEERUT UNIVERSITY, MEERUT - 250 004, INDIA.

BINDU SHARMA *

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, MEERUT UNIVERSITY, MEERUT - 250 004, INDIA.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

The present communication deals with a new species of metacercaria, Clinostomoides Dollfus, 1950, from the body cavity of H. fossilis (Bloch). The present form is characterised by having spinose body, different positions of gonads, gonopore and difference in arrangement of uterus.

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