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The specimens of the genus Cobboldina Leiper, 1911 and family Atractidae (Railliet, 1917) Travassos, 1919 recovered from the faecal matter of Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758) from the Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata, India recognized as a new species after careful observation. The collected nematode differs from the only valid species Cobboldina vivipara Leiper, 1911, in the presence of gubernaculum (13.2–29.7 μm in length) and the number of caudal papillae (10 pairs) and named as Cobboldina gubernacularia sp. n., This is the second species of the genus Cobboldina recorded from the host Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 remaining captive in the Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata, India.
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The authors are grateful to Sri S. R. Dey Sarkar, Senior assistant (Retd.), Nemathelminthes Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for his valuable help in identification of nematodes and the staff of Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata, for their help in collection of the Parasites. The authors are also grateful to the Director and Deputy Director, Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata for their kind permission of collecting the parasites and frequent visit to the zoos. The authors are also thankful to the Head, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, for his kind permission in conducting the research works.
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Mondal, S., Manna, B. On a new species of the genus Cobboldina (Nematoda: Atractidae) from Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758) captivated at the Alipore Zoological Garden, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. J Parasit Dis 36, 251–255 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0118-z
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