Authors : Vilas Jagtap, Jaywant Dhole, Hemant Bhagwan and Vijaykumar Supugade
Page Nos : 99-101
Description :
The present investigation deals with the taxonomic evaluation of new species of the tapeworm of the genus Gymnorhynchus mumbaiensis from marine fish Trygon zugei from Mumbai. The new species Gymnorhynchus mumbaiensis Sp. Nov. is comes closer to all the known species of the genus Gymnorhynchus in general topography of organ but differs due to shape of the body, scolex and morphology of internal organs.
Key-Words: Gymnorhynchus, Trygon zugei, Mumbai.