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Scientific Name: Allocreadium bengalense
Synonym: Allocreadium bengalensis (Banerjee and Chandra, 1992) (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 a smooth cuticle lacking spines. The oral sucker is larger than the acetabulum, and there is no prepharynx or esophagus present. The well-developed pharynx is situated within the anterior quarter of the body, and the acetabulum is rounded.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It primarily infects various freshwater fish as an obligate endoparasite. 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
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