%0 Journal Article
%T New Tetragonocephalum Sepheni (Cestoda:Lecanicephalidae) From Trygon Sephen At Ratnagiri In Maharashtra, India.
%A Lazarus Lanka
%A Rajshekar Hippargi
%A Patil S.R
%J Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
%D 2013
%I AkiNik Publications
%X The present paper deals with the description of a new species, under the genus Tetragonocephalum , Shipley et Hornell, 1905,as Tetragonocephalum sepheni n.sp. which is having scolex divided into two regions anterior & posterior. Anterior region is quadrangular & posterior region is oval having suckers. Short neck & cylindrical shape. Mature segments longer than broad. Testes are oval to round & are pre-ovarian distributed in two fields. The cirrus pouch is oval in shape & it is thin ciliated. The genital pore is marginal. Ovary is large, compact & it is in the form of ¡®U¡¯ shape. The vagina is slight curved, ootype is small, oval in shape; receptaculum seminilis is present. The gravid segment, uterus is large saccular & occupied by numerous eggs; vitellaria are granular corticular, thin strips.
%K Tetragonocephalum Sepheni
%K Trygon Sephen
%K quadrangular.
%U http://www.entomoljournal.com/vol1Issue3/Issue_june_2013/3.1.pdf