Scientific Name: Dactylogyrus minutus (Kulwiec, 1927)
English Name: Monogenetic gill fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Fulka krimi (ফুলকা কৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Dactylogyridae
Description:
Dactylogyrus minutus is very small in size. The tube of the copulatory organ has a small base, narrowing and tapering towards the end. The basic portion of the median hooks is slightly bent in the middle.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It is an obligate parasite of carp fish, reaching sexual maturity within the gill filaments of its host. It is commonly found in freshwater fishes of Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater
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
Dzika, Ewa & Dzikowiec, Magdalena & Hoffmann, R (2009) Description of the development of the attachment and copulatory apparatus of Dactylogyrus extensus from Cyprinus carpio var. koi. Helminthologia. 46. 39-44. 10.2478/s11687-009-0008-9.
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