Spicocleidus namae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) on Chanda nama (Hamilton) from Lucknow, India.
Spicocleidus n. g. is proposed for S. namae n. sp., a new monogenean collected from the gills of an ambassid, Chanda nama (Ham.), in the River Sai near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The new genus is characterised by a pair of modified dorsal anchors (spikes), the absence of a dorsal bar, alate lateral expansion of the anterior haptor and the post-ovarian position of the testis.
Agrawal
Nirupama
N
Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, UP, 226007, India. neeru_agrawal@sify.com
Tripathi
Amit
A
Shukla
Richa
R
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D045483:Rivers; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification