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Scientific Name: Crowcrocaecum channai
English Name: Digenetic fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Takimachher antrer krimi (টাকি মাছের অন্ত্রের কৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Description:
The body is leaf-shaped, somewhat bluntly conical at the front and flattened at the back. The oral sucker is round, muscular, and positioned slightly away from the tip. The acetabulum is nearly round, larger than the oral sucker, and encircled by a fold of skin. There is a small pre-pharynx followed by a rounded, muscular pharynx. The esophagus is slender and moderately developed. The caecum runs laterally, nearly parallel to the body’s length.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It usually infests in the intestine of the freshwater fishes. In Bangladesh, it has been reported from Dhaka and Sylhet.
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
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