STUDIES ON DIGENETIC TREMATODES FROM MARINE FISHES OF INDIAN WATERS. PART. III

Resumen

Marine fishes harbouring different sea coasts of India were obtained for the observance of digenetic trematodes, during 1970-7 1. Out of the collection three trematodes belonging to the families Acanthocolpidae, Bucephalidae and Zoogonidae a redescribed here as new forms. Acanthoculpus caballeroi sp. nov. is characterizecl by peduncula tc acetabulum, attenuated postacetabular part of the body besides the shape of oral sucker and pharynx . Alcicornis indicus sp. nov. is characterizecl chiefly by the extension of the uterus and the caecum. Steganoderma (Opisthoarchiotrema) indicus subgen nov. et sp. nov. created under the genus. Steganoderma Stafford, 1904 and is characterized on the basis of its vitelline follicles; the species Steganoderma parexocoti Manter, 1954 is christened as Steganoderma (Opisthoarchiotrema) parexocoti Manter, 1954.