On the Biology of Macrogyrodactylus polypteri Malmberg, 1956, a Monogenetic Trematode on Polypterus senegalus in the Sudan
- 1 June 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 38 (3-4) , 219-222
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00033800
Abstract
In August 1962 Dr. C. Amirthalingham brought to me a dead fish, Polypterus senegalus, on which there were a few worms moving. These were found to be monogenetic trematodes of the gyrodactylid type and were later identified as Macrogyrodactylus polypteri Malmberg, 1956.On examining a tank where a few Polypterus senegalus—from Jebel Awlia on the White Nile near Khartoum—were kept, it was found to be heavily infested with these worms and each fish was covered with a thick greyish-white fluff on its skin. The trematodes could be seen by the naked eye and were found practically on the whole surface of the fishes.Keywords
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