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On the Biology of Macrogyrodactylus polypteri Malmberg, 1956, a Monogenetic Trematode on Polypterus senegalus in the Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

L. F. Khalil
L. F. Khalil
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From the Department of Zoology, University of Khartoum.
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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.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 38 , Issue 3-4 , December 1964 , pp. 219 - 222
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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