OPHISTHOLEBES TETRODONTIS (TREMATODA : DIGENEA) A NEW RECORD FROM WALTAIR COAST
P.V. KRISHNA *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, WALTAIR-530003, INDIA
K. SREERAMULU *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, WALTAIR-530003, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The host fish Tetrodon lunaris collected from Bay of Bengal of Visakhapatnam were examined for digenetic trematodes. A number of monogenetic and digenetic trematodes have been encountered. A digenean trematode Opistholebes tetrodontis has been reported for the first time from Waltair coast.