title: New species of Gorgoderina (Digenea; Gorgoderidae) and other helminths in Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Dehradun, (Uttarakhand), India.
abstract: Gorgoderina spinosa sp. nov. (Digenea, Gorgoderidae) from the bladder of the water skipper, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Anura, Dicroglossidae), from Dehradun, India is described and illustrated. Gorgoderina spinosa is the 6th Indian species assigned to the genus and is separated from its congeners based upon the morphology of vitelline glands and the presence of a spinose integument. Two additional digenean species, Diplodiscus amphichrus and Ganeo tigrinus, and 3 nematode species, Cosmocerca kalesari, Gendria chauhani, and unidentified larvae were found. Diplodiscus amphichrus, Ganeo tigrinus, Cosmocerca kalesari, and Gendria chauhani have previously been reported to infect Indian individuals of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania, 16146, USA, cxb13@psu.edu.
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bursey
authors.forename: Anjum N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Pallab
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maity
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D007194:India; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification*