AUERBACHIA HEPATICA SP.N. (AUERBACHIIDAE, EVDOKIMOVA 1973) AND SINUOLINEA RENALIS SP.N. (SINUOLINEIDAE, SHULMAN 1959). FROM THE TELEOSTS OF COASTAL WATER OF BAY OF BENGAL
N. K. SARKAR *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, RISHIBANKIM CHANDRA COLLEGE, NAIHATI-743 165, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Two new species Auerbachia hepatica sp.m. and Sinuolinea renalis sp. n. (Myxozoa : Myxosporea). have been described from the liver and the kidney tubules of Carangoides praeustus (Bennett) and Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor) respectively of coastal water of Bay of Bengal (W. B.), India. The average mensural data of Auerbachia heprtica sp.n. Spore-33.21 um x 15.38m, Polar capsule-15.92m x 5.14 pum: of Sinuolinea renalis sp. n.: Spore-17.40pum diam. Polar capsule-4.73 pum diam, Plasmodium ovoid-disporous.
Keywords: Auerbachia hepatica, Sinuolinea renalis, teleosts, Bay of Bengal, India