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Scientific Name: Allocreadium minutum
English Name: Sucking worm, intestinal fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Machher antrer patakrimi (মাছের অন্ত্রের পাতাকৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Allocreadiidae
Description:
Allocreadium minutum is very small, with an elongated, oval body and a smooth cuticle. The oral sucker is terminal. There is no prepharynx, but the pharynx is well-developed. The short esophagus bifurcates into two intestinal caeca, which extend to the posterior end. The acetabulum is well-developed and located in the middle of the body.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It is an obligate endoparasite and resides in the intestine of the climbing perch, Anabas testudineus. It is found throughout 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
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