Gyrometra kunduchi n.sp., a cestodarian from Plectorhinchus pictus (Thunberg, 1792) from the Indian Ocean |
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| Authors: | L F Khalil |
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| Institution: | Commonwealth Institute of Helminthology, St. Albans, Herts., England |
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| Abstract: | Gyrometra kunduchi n.sp. from the body cavity of Plectorhinchus pictus from the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Tanzania is described and figured. The new species is differentiated from G. albotaenia , the only species of the genus, by the absence of an apical pit, the extent of testes and vitellaria and measurements of the various organs. |
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