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Scientific Name: Allocreadium mymensinghi
English Name: Sucking worm, intestinal fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Antrer krimi (অন্ত্রের কৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Allocreadiidae
Description:
Allocreadium mymensinghi is a medium-sized worm with a smooth cuticle. The prepharynx is absent, and the pharynx is well-developed. It has a short esophagus, and the bifurcated intestinal caeca extend to the posterior end. The oral sucker is subterminal, and the ventral sucker is pre-equatorial and rounded.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It inhabits the intestines of the stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis.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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