Allodiscocotyla chorinemi

Scientific Name:-

Allodiscocotyla chorinemi

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Platyhelminthes

Status:-

Not evaluated. Image courtesy: http://monogenius.myspecies.info/

Description:-

The worm is hermaphroditic and can produce both male and female sex cells.

Threats:-

Not recorded.

Remark:-

Recorded from Kerala coast from the fish Chorinemus sanctipetri (Unnithan, 1962).

Habitat:-

Parasite on the gills of marine fishes.

Synonyms:-

Allodiscoides chorinemi (Yamaguti, 1953) Bilqees, 1995

References:-

Gibson, D. (2015). Allodiscocotyla chorinemi Yamaguti, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519033 on 2015-05-14
Unnithan R.V. (1962). On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenoidea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs Part II. Opisthogynidae fam.nov. (Gastrocotyloidea) and Abortipedinae subfam. nov. (Protomicrocotyloidea). Parasitology, 52: 315-351

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