A new nematode Hysterothylacium aetobatum from ray fish, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen)

I. RAJYA LAKSHMI
2005 Parasitología latinoamericana  
A new nematode Hysterothylacium aetobatum from ray fish, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen) ABSTRACT The present paper reports a new species of a nematode of Aetobatus narinari caught off the Bay of Bengal at Visakhapatnam. It could be distinguished by body measurements, arrangement of papillae on the lips, length of intestinal caecum, position of vulva, number and arrangement of caudal papillae, position and size of spicules and shape of tail. The new species is named as Hysterothylacium aetobatum.
doi:10.4067/s0717-77122005000200012 fatcat:n26buabwgzbvne2ffq7yshfzrm