Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

A PTYCHOBOTHRIDAEN CESTODE SENGA KILLEDHARURENSIS SP. NOV. OF FRESH WATER FISH FROM KILLE DHADUR, DIST., BEED, M.S., INDIA

Lakhe Ashok Devidasrao

Abstract

The genus Senga was erected by Dollfus in 1934, with its type species Senga bensardi from Betta splendens a siamese fighting fish, in an aquarium at Vincennes, France. This communication Senga killedharurensis sp. Nov. a Ptychobothridaen cestode of fresh water fish from Kille Dharur, M.S., India is having a scolex almost triangular with sac like two bothria and rostellum with rostellar hooks. The mature segments are broader than long, testes small and round, pre ovarian; The cirrus pouch medium, cylindrical, cirrus thin, slightly curved. The ovary medium distinctly bilobed; isthmus small and short; vagina thin tube; ootype small, round, post ovarian; vitellaria granular.