CUCULLANUS VISAKHAPATNAMENSIS N. SP (NEMATODA : CUCULLANIDAE) FROM THE INTESTINE OF LUTJANUS JOHNI (BLOCH) OF VISAKHAPATNAM
B. BHARATHALAKSHME *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003, INDIA
M. SUDHA *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003, INDIA.
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Abstract
Description of Cucullanus visakhapatnamensis, a new species of nematode of the family Cucilanidae Cobbold, 1864 from the intestine of Lutjanus johni (Bloch) from Visakhapatnam is described. The new species could be distinguished by body measurements, location of nerve ring and excretory pore, number and arrangement of caudal papillae, size of spicules.