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Scientific Name: Lernaea bengalensis Gnanamuthu, 1951
English Name: Anchor Worm
Local/Bangla Name: Ankta Poca (আংটা পোকা)
Photo: iNaturalist
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Lernaeidae
Description:
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Its free-living larval forms serve as zooplankton feed for the fish.
Environment:
Freshwater
Comments:
Its free-living larval forms serve as zooplankton feed for the fish.
Main References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
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