A New Species of the Genus Dicauda, Dicauda manipurensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxozoa) from fresh water fish Esomus danrica (Hamilton, 1822) from Manipur, India

Authors

  • Th Hemananda Centre of Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003, India. 3Department of Zoology, Thoubal College, Thoubal, Manipur 795138, India.
  • T Soni Centre of Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003, India. 3Department of Zoology, Thoubal College, Thoubal, Manipur 795138, India.
  • S Sharatkumar Centre of Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003, India. 3Department of Zoology, Thoubal College, Thoubal, Manipur 795138, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Endoparasite, Dicauda, India-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot, Esomus danrica, Manipur, India

Abstract

Myxozoa, a clade of cnidarian, are diversified  endoparasite occasionally highly problematic  parasites of fish. A new myxozoan parasite  belonging to the genus Dicauda have observed  from Manipur, a region of Indo-Burma  Biodiversity Hotspot. Morphologically and  morphometrically the species is different from  the known species so far described all over the  world. The present species was identified from  gill lamellae and fin of fresh water fish Esomus danrica collected from Thoubal “24˚64 03.43 N &  93˚98 25.24 E’’, Manipur, India and described as  Dicauda manipurensis sp. nov. 

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Published

2021-06-15

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2021): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology( Jan-Jun) 2021

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A New Species of the Genus Dicauda, Dicauda manipurensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxozoa) from fresh water fish Esomus danrica (Hamilton, 1822) from Manipur, India . (2021). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 40(1), 78–84. https://doi.org/10.48165/