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Two New Species of Kudoa Meglitsch (Multivalvulida: Kudoidae) from the Fishes of Sundarban Coast of West Bengal, India


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Two new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Multivalvulida, Kudoidae), viz., Kudoa kalae sp.n. a quadrate type and Kudoa hoffmani sp.n. a stellate type from the gallbladder of fishes Arius arius and Arius crosscheilus (Arridae) respectively collected from Sundarban coast of West Bengal, India have been described.

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Kudoa hoffmani, Kudoa kalae, Kudoidae, Arius arius, Arius crosscheilus, Sundarban Coast.
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  • Two New Species of Kudoa Meglitsch (Multivalvulida: Kudoidae) from the Fishes of Sundarban Coast of West Bengal, India

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Authors

Nirmal Kumar Sarkar
Protist Research Laboratory, 28 Mogaltuli, Chinsurah 712101, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Two new species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Multivalvulida, Kudoidae), viz., Kudoa kalae sp.n. a quadrate type and Kudoa hoffmani sp.n. a stellate type from the gallbladder of fishes Arius arius and Arius crosscheilus (Arridae) respectively collected from Sundarban coast of West Bengal, India have been described.

Keywords


Kudoa hoffmani, Kudoa kalae, Kudoidae, Arius arius, Arius crosscheilus, Sundarban Coast.

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