Molecular analysis of a novel species, Gangesia punjabensis (Family: Proteocephalidae, Subfamily: Gangesiinae) infecting an Indian freshwater cat fish, Wallago attu evidencing species complex.

ABSTRACT: In the present study, from August 2015 to July 2016, a total of 159 specimens of Wallago attu Bloch and Scheider, 1801 vern. mully were collected from the Ropar wetland, Punjab, India and were examined for the presence of intestinal tapeworms. The infection rate was 12.5%, out of which, two fishes were heavily infected with a proteocephalidean cestode belonging to the genus Gangesia in the month of February. Gangesia punjabensis sp. nov. was identified and described on the basis of morphology and partial amplification of LSUrDNA (28S rDNA). The histopathogenesis caused by these parasites have also been studied in histological sections. About 9-35 number of worms were collected from a single host. The length of worms ranged from 6.0 to 6.2 cm. The strobila consisted of

SUBMITTER: Jasrotia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5555956 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature