Trichodinella (Rabbe, 1950) Sramek-Husek, 1953

Chanda, Sukanya, Barman, Gyan Deb & Bandyopadhyay, Probir Kumar, 2019, A checklist of trichodind ciliates (Ciliophora: Peritrichida: Trichodinidae) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Genus Trichodinella

• Trichodinella bengalensis Saha and Bandyopadhyay, 2017

Site of infection: Gills.

Host: Carassius auratus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Locality: Howrah (22.5958N, 88.2636E), West Bengal

Reference material: Holotype, slide GF-TC-02/2015, and paratype slides GF-TC-05/2015, GF-TC-10/2015, GF- TC13/2015, GF-TC-08/2016, GF-TC-19/2016 has been deposited in the collection of the Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani

Description: Diameter of the body- 13.1-19.7(16.4+ 2.7) µm. Number of denticles- 20-21(20.33+ 0.5). Radial pins/ denticle- 4-5.

Description: Diameterofthebody- 33.15-58.7(45.92±6.96)

µm. Number of denticles 20-24(22±0.7). Radialpins/ denticle-3-4.

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