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Scientific Name: Eucreadium daccai
English Name: Digenetic fluke
Local/Bangla Name: Antrer krimi (অন্ত্রের কৃমি)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Description:
The body is flat, leaf-shaped, and pointed at the posterior end. The sucker is subterminal, nearly round. A rounded acetabulum is situated ventrally at the anterior third of the body. The mouth is subterminal, with a small prepharynx and a small, rounded pharynx. The esophagus is slender and small, dividing into two intestinal caeca that extend to the posterior extremity of the body.
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
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