The genus Pallisentis has been mostly found among the freshwater fishes of Channidae family. ophiocephali is characterized with some unique characters proboscis, hooks, and spines. However, initial description a little sketchy yet not updated. present study communicates detail morphology an acanthocephalan species obtained from two host family—Channa striatus Channa punctatus—during one-year su...

background: the genus pallisentis is an endoparasitic acanthocephalan inhabit­ing the intestinal walls. hooks and spines of the worm are significant taxonomical and adaptive tools. methods: the parasites were fixed, dehydrated and examined under olym­pus bx 53 microscope with dic attachment, digital camera and cellsens imag­ing system [light microscopy (lm)] and fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1...

Acanthocephalans are a small group of obligate endoparasites. They and rotifers are recently placed in a group called Syndermata. However, phylogenetic relationships within classes of acanthocephalans, and between them and rotifers, have not been well resolved, possibly due to the lack of molecular data suitable for such analysis. In this study, the mitochondrial (mt) genome was sequenced from ...

The present investigation was carried out seasonally from October 2008 to September 2010, to study the impact of helminth parasites of catfishes of Lucknow. The fish fauna viz., Clarias batrachus, Heteropneustes fossilis, Wallago attu, Mystus vittatus and Rita rita were carried trematode, cestode, nematode and acanthocephalan parasites communities singly or mixed. The collected fish species inc...

Five species of adult nematodes, unidentifiable nematode larvae, and three species of acanthocephalans, were found in freshwater ornamental fishes newly imported into Germany from Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Peru, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The following species were identified: Adult Nematoda: Pseudocapillaria tomentosa, Capillariidae gen. sp., Dichelyne hartwichi sp. n., Proc...