DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF PROCAMALLANUS BAYLIS, 1923 (NEMATODA : CAMALLANIDAE) FROM THE STOMACH OF THE MARINE FISH CARANX ROTTLERI (LINNAEUS) OF BHEEMUNIPATNAM COAST
I. RAJYALAKSHMI *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA, UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530017, INDIA.
K. HANUMANTHA RAO *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA, UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530017, INDIA.
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Abstract
During a study on nematodeparasites of marine fishes of Bheemunipatnam, a new species of anematode of the genus Procamalanus were recovered from marine fish, Caranx rottleri of this coast.