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Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from the Arabian Sea. Part 44. Two new monorchiid trematodes (Digenea: Monorchiidae)

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Timonia stunkardi n.sp. from the intestine ofUpeneus nittatus (Forskal) andAmetrodaptes caballeroi n. sp. from the intestine ofLactarius lactarius (Schneider), both belonging to the family Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911 are described from marine fishes of the Arabian Sea, off the Bombay coast, India. They have been compared with other related species and have been found to differ in a number of important characteristics.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Shibli National Post-Graduate College, Azamgarh, U.P., India

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Ahmad, J. Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from the Arabian Sea. Part 44. Two new monorchiid trematodes (Digenea: Monorchiidae). Z. Parasitenkd. 71, 241–248 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926274

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