Redescription and phylogenetic analyses of Thaparocleidus gomtius and T. sudhakari (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Wallago attu (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in India

• Published in: Helminthologia
• Main Authors: Verma C., Chaudhary A., Singh H. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2017
• Subjects: monogenea; wallago attu; thaparocleidus; morphology; molecular analysis; 18s rdna; india; Microbiology; QR1-502; Gusev; Attu
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0008; https://doaj.org/article/2c1ee788b8954628a113a02c966feaf0

Two species of Thaparocleidus Jain (1952a) were found harboring W. attu from the Ganga River at two localities, Meerut and Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, during the period of 2013-2015. Morphology and morphometric study of specimens identified as Thaparocleidus gomtius (Jain, 1952a) Lim, 1996 an...