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Scientific Name: Lytocestus indicus
Synonym: Caryophyllaeus indicus (Moghe, 1925); Lytocestus indicus (Moghe, 1931) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Clove worm, Caryophyllid tapeworm
Local/Bangla Name: Mechhokrimi (মেছো কৃমি)
Photo: Chhanda et. al. (2019)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Caryophyllidea
Family: Lytocestidae
Description:
The body is wide and flat, showing some external segmentation. It consists of an outer cortex and an inner medulla separated by two layers of longitudinal muscles. The scolex is unarmed, short, and bluntly rounded, noticeably narrower than the body, and sometimes has longitudinal furrows.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It is an obligate parasite residing in the intestine of catfish, such as Clarius batrachus. It is found throughout Bangladesh.
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:
Chhanda, Mousumi & Chandra, kirtunia (2019) Revision of caryophyllidean cestodes from catfishes of Bangladesh. 10.12692/ijb/14.4.166-180.
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