ON ZEYLANEMA MASTACEMBELI N. SP. (CAMALLANIDAE, CAMALLANINAE, ZEYLANEMA YEH, 1960) FROM MASTACEMBELUS ARMATUS (LACEP)

Abstract

The authors have studied a new worm Zeylanema mastacembeli sp. nov from on Indian fresh water fish Mastacembelus armatus (Lacep) . It shows remarkable features such as the size of the prongs of the trident, disposition of the papillae and having a single spicule.