• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Gyrometra kunduchi n.sp., a cestodarian from Plectorhinchus pictus (Thunberg, 1792) from the Indian Ocean
  • Contributor: Khalil, L. F.
  • imprint: Wiley, 1977
  • Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1977.tb04094.x
  • ISSN: 1095-8649; 0022-1112
  • Keywords: Aquatic Science ; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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  • Description: <jats:p> <jats:italic>Gyrometra kunduchi</jats:italic> n.sp. from the body cavity of <jats:italic>Plectorhinchus pictus</jats:italic> from the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Tanzania is described and figured. The new species is differentiated from <jats:italic>G. albotaenia</jats:italic>, the only species of the genus, by the absence of an apical pit, the extent of testes and vitellaria and measurements of the various organs.</jats:p>