A NEW NEMATODE DICHELYNE (NEOCUCULLANIELLUS) KHERI SP.NOV. FROMA MARINE FISH, POLYNEMUS SEXTARIUS (BLEEKAR)
P. C. GUPTA *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, D.A.V. COLLEGE, KANPUR-280 001, INDIA
IRFANA BEGUM *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, D.A.V. COLLEGE, KANPUR-280 001, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A new nematode Dichelyne (Neocucullanellus) kheri sp. nov. (Family : Cucullanidae) described from the intestine of a marine fish, Polynemus sextarius (Bleekar) from Bhubneswar (Orrisa). Present specimens differ from all the valid species of the subgenus Dichelyne (Neocucullanellus) in the absence of cervical papillae. Further. It can be differentiated from all species of the genus except D. (N.) longispiculum in the absence of gubernaculums, but it differs from it in the presence of precloacal sucker.
Keywords: Dichelyne (Neocucullanellus) Kherai sp. nov., marine fish, Polynemus sextarius (Bleekar), Bhubneswar, India