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2. On the development and life cycle of Spirocamallanus mysti (Nematoda: Camallanidae)
- Creator:
- De, N. C.
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- Spirocamallanus, copepods, life cycle, and Mystus
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The development of Spirocamallanus mysti (Karve, 1952) was studied in the copepod hosts Mesocyclops crassus (Fischer) and M. leuckarti (Claus) and in the fish host Mystus viltatus (Bloch). When eaten by copepods the first-stage larvae burrow through the intestinal wall into the haemocoel and there they moulted twice to become the third, infective stage. The first moulting occurred on day 4 p.i. at 18-2ГС (on day 6 p.i. at 16-20"C) and the second moultingoccurred on day 8 p.i. at 18-19.5"C (on day 11 p.i. at 16-20"C. Further development occurred only after reaching the stomach of the fish definitive host. In the fish stomach two more larval moultings occurred, the third on day 15 p.i. and the fourth (final) on day 37 p.i. in “male” larvae and day 67 p.i. in “female” larvae. The individual developmental stages and the morphological changes occurring during development are described in detail.
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3. Redescription and development of a little known nematode Camallanus xenentodoni (Nematoda: Camallanidae), with a note on a related form
- Creator:
- De, N. C. and Maity, R. N.
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- model:internalpart and TEXT
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- Camallanus xenentodoni, Nematoda, copcpods, life cycle, and India
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The nematode, Camallanus xenentodoni Khan et Yaseen, 1969 recovered from the intestine of the fish, Xenentodon cancila (Ham.) from West Bengal, India was studied by light microscopy. Larval development of this nematode was also studied under laboratory conditions. Two cyclopoid copcpods, Mesocyclops crassus and M. leuckarti maintained at temperatures 28-31.5“C were infected with first-stage larvae from gravid females. In the haemocoelic cavity of the copepod the larvae moulted twice to attain third, infective stage and a phase of growth, development and morphometric changes occurred between the two moults. Detailed descriptions of the adult worms and the three larval stages are given. Data obtained from the morphological and metrical studies of the present adult worms are compared with those available on C. xenentodoni and another related species C. cancelai Gupta et Verma, 1978, which is considered as synonym of C. xenentodoni.
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