Scientific Name: Allocreadium mehrai (Gupta, 1956)
Synonym: Rhynchocreadium aculeata (Srivastava, 1962) ; Rhynchocreadium singhia (Prasad, 1965) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Sucking worm, intestinal fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Machher antrer krimi (মাছের অন্ত্রের কৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Allocreadiidae
Description:
The body is elongated with rounded ends. The subsessile, cup-shaped acetabulum is located near the anterior end. There is no prepharynx. The pharynx is oval, and the oesophagus is short. Intestinal caeca extend to the posterior end of the body.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It usually infects spiny eels and resides in the intestine of the host. It is found throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater
References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA and Khondker M (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 15. Platyhelminthes - Nematoda. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 325 pp
Kakaji, VL (1969) Studies on helminth parasites of Indian fishes. Part. III. On some species of the genus Allocreadium Looss, 1900. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 44(2), 131-145.
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