TETRAGONOCEPHALUM AURANGABADENSIS M. SP. (CESTODA : LECANICEPHALIDAE) FROM TRYGON SEPHEN AT RATNAGIRI, INDIA
B.V. JADHAV *
DEPT OF ZOOLOGY DR. B.A. MARATHWADA UNI. AURANGABAD, INDIA
R.R. DANDAWATE *
DEPT OF ZOOLOGY, ART, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, SONA, INDIA
R.G. PAWAR *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, RBNB COLLEGE, SHRIRAMPUR INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present communication deals with a new species of the genus Tetragonocephalum, Shipley et. Horneel 1905 i.e. T. aurangabadensis n.sp. It differentiates from the earlier known species of the genus with the characters like, Scolex divided into two regions and suckers placed at corners, short neck, testes 26-28 in numbers, oval, cirrus pouch oval to spherical, ovary 'U' shaped, uterus tubular and Vitellaria granular.
Keywords: Tetragonocephalum aurangabadensis n.sp., Trygon Sephen hostvitelleria