UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

PORROCAECUM WALLAGUS N. SP. (NEMATODA : HETEROCHEILIDAE) FROM THE INTESTINE OF FRESHWATER CATFISH, WALLAGOATTU(BLOCH AND SCHINEIDER)

I. RAJYALAKSHMI *

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530017, INDIA.

K. SHYAMASUNDARI *

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530017, INDIA.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

The present paper describes a new species of anematode of the family Heterocheilidae Raillietet Henry, 1915 from the intestine offreshwater catfish, Wallago atau (Bloch-Schneider).

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