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Four New Species of Ceratomyxa Thelohan 1892 Inhabiting the Gallbladder of Fishes of the Bay of Bengal Coast of West Bengal, India


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Four new species of Ceratomyxa (Bivalvulida : Ceratomyxidae), viz. Ceratomyxa lactariasae sp. n., C. sardinae sp. n., C. sihamae sp. n. and C. baybanga sp. n. have been described from gallbladders of fishes Lactarius lactarius, Sardinella longiceps, Sillago sihama and Arias arias respectively. These myxosporeans have been compared with the related Ceratomyxa species and considered new to science.

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Ceratomyxa, Myxosporea, New Species, Gallbladder, Bay of Bengal.
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Nirmal Kumar Sarkar
Protists Research Laboratory for Fish Diseases, 28 Mogiltuli, Chinsurah 712101, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Four new species of Ceratomyxa (Bivalvulida : Ceratomyxidae), viz. Ceratomyxa lactariasae sp. n., C. sardinae sp. n., C. sihamae sp. n. and C. baybanga sp. n. have been described from gallbladders of fishes Lactarius lactarius, Sardinella longiceps, Sillago sihama and Arias arias respectively. These myxosporeans have been compared with the related Ceratomyxa species and considered new to science.

Keywords


Ceratomyxa, Myxosporea, New Species, Gallbladder, Bay of Bengal.

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