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Scientific Name: Allocreadium heteropneustusius
English Name: Sucking worm, intestinal fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Antrer pata krimi (অন্ত্রের পাতা কৃমি)
Photo: Kakaji (1969)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Allocreadiidae
Description:
The body is elongated, narrowing towards the posterior from the acetabulum. The terminal oral sucker is sub-spherical. The ventral sucker is spherical and smaller than the oral sucker. There is no prepharynx; the pharynx is muscular. The oesophagus is short, tubular, and straight or slightly curved.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
The species is an obligate endoparasite that resides inside the intestine of the freshwater fish, Heteropneustes fossilis. It is widely distributed in Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater
Main 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
Other References:
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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