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Scientific Name: Dactylogyroides tripathii
Synonym: Dactylogyrus macracanthus (Wegner 1910) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Monogenetic gill fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Fulka krimi (ফুলকা কৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Dactylogyridae
Description:
It is a whitish, small, elongated worm, dorsoventrally flattened and semitransparent. The body has two distinct regions: an anterior elliptical part and a posterior discoidal haptor. The haptor disc is equipped with one pair of anchors, seven pairs of marginal hooks, and two anchor bars. The slender, long anchors are centrally located on the haptor. Each anchor consists of a base with two distinct roots and a curved shaft ending in a point.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
The parasite is host-specific and an obligate parasite of Puntius sp. It is distributed in Bangladesh as a freshwater gill parasite of cyprinid fishes.
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:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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