• Title of article

    Description of new nematode species Rhabdochona (Rhabdochona) sindhicus of genus Rhabdochona (Railliet, 1916) from Indus River Pakistan

  • Author/Authors

    soofi, h. university of sindh - department of zoology, Jamshoro, Pakistan , birmani, n. a. university of sindh - department of zoology, Jamshoro, Pakistan , dharejo, a. m. university of sindh - department of zoology, Jamshoro, Pakistan , abbasi, a. r. university of sindh - department of fresh water biology and fisheries, Jamshoro, Pakistan , ghachal, g. s. university of sindh - department of zoology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

  • From page
    81
  • To page
    91
  • Abstract
    New nematode species of genus Rhabdochona collected form host catfishes Rita rita of Indus River, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Collected nematodes were processes with standard method for feature research. New species Rhabdochona (Rhabdochona) sindhicus differs from other species of genus with body shape and size, buccal capsule shape, prostomal teeth arrangement, nerve ring position, 18 pairs of caudal papillae, spicules shape curved and broad anteriorly and pointed posteriorly, female genital structures, shape of posterior end in male and female, eggs shape and boundary. Due to morphometric differences between present and previously described species of Rhabdochona the Rhabdochona sindhicus n. sp. proposed.
  • Keywords
    Nematodes , Rhabdochona sindhicus n. sp. , Freshwater fish , Rita rita , Sindh
  • Journal title
    Pakistan Journal Of Nematology
  • Journal title
    Pakistan Journal Of Nematology
  • Record number

    2576477