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
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https://doi.org/10.48165/Keywords:
Cnidaria, Myxozoa, Endoparasite, Dicauda, India-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot, Esomus danrica, Manipur, IndiaAbstract
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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