NOTOCOTYLUS SINDHENSIS N.SP. (TREMATODA: NOTOCOTYLIDAE) FROM MALLARD (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS) IN SINDH, PAKISTAN

Authors

  • ALY KHAN University of Karachi, Karachi-7270, Pakistan 2Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
  • SAMINA WAHEED University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
  • RAFIA R. GHAZI Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270

Abstract

Notocotylus sindhensis n.sp. (Trematoda: Notocotylidae) is described from the small intestine of Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) from Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh, Pakistan. The new species differs from previously described Notocotylus species mainly in the number and arrangements of ventral papilla smaller size of body, the anterior extremely is comparatively narrower; shape and size of cirrus sac and small size eggs, some with only one filament. This is the second description of species level of Notocotylus from a bird in Pakistan.

Author Biographies

ALY KHAN, University of Karachi, Karachi-7270, Pakistan 2Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270

Crop Diseases Research Institute, PARC,

SAMINA WAHEED, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270

Department of Zoology, 

RAFIA R. GHAZI, Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270

Vertebrate Pest Control Institute, Southern-zone Agricultural Research Centre, PARC, 

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Published

2018-11-07

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017): Volume 7 (2) December, 2017

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