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Scientific Name: Bovienia serialis
Synonym: Djombangia serialis (Bovien, 1926); Bovienia serialis (Fuhrmann, 1931) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Clove worm, Caryophyllid cestode
Local/Bangla Name: Mechhokrimi (মেছো কৃমি)
Photo: Ash et. al. (2011)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Caryophyllidea
Family: Lytocestidae
Description:
The body is elongated and flattened, conical at both ends. The scolex is unspecialized and not clearly distinct from the neck. Outer and inner longitudinal muscles are composed of small fascicles. Testes are ovoid to spherical, extending from just behind the anterior-most vitellarium to the vas deferens near the cirrus pouch. External and internal seminal vesicles are absent. The cirrus pouch is ovoid and located anterior to the ovary. The ovary is typically H-shaped and follicular.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It is an intestinal parasite of freshwater clariid fishes, attaching to the mucosa and serosal layers of the intestine of the host. It is found throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater
Comments:
In this figure, (A) Anterior part of the body with the first vitelline follicles and testes. (B) Scolex. (C) Posterior part of the body, ventral view; note presence of vitelline follicles posterior to the cirrus-sac, but not reaching to the ovarian arms, and separate position of both genital pores. (D) Posterior part of the holotype (MHNG INVE 60964), ventral view; note the posterior extent of vitelline follicles. (E) Region of the cirrus-sac, ventral view; note the posterior extent of vitelline follicles. Abbreviations: fgp 5 female genital pore; mgp 5 male genital pore.
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:
Ash, Anirban & Scholz, Tomas & Oros, Mikuláš & Kar, Pradip (2011) Tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), Parasites of Clarias batrachus (Pisces: Siluriformes) in the Indomalayan Region. The Journal of parasitology. 97. 435-59. 10.1645/GE-2625.1.
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