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Genus Anemonia Risso<br />

Anemonia indicus Parulekar<br />

GenusParacondyactisCarlgren<br />

Paracondylactis indicusDave<br />

Family Acontiophoridae<br />

GenusAcontiophorum<br />

Acontiophorum bombayensisParulekar<br />

Family Diadumenidae<br />

Genus Diadumene Stephenson<br />

Diadumene schilleriana (Stoliczka) .<br />

(4) Platyhelminthes<br />

Commonly known as flatworms, these are soft-bodied, bilaterally<br />

symmetrical animals devoid of true segmentation. A mesoderm is present.<br />

They may be either free-living, like the planaria, or parasitic such as flukes<br />

and tapeworms. The parasites may occur on the body or gills or inside the<br />

body. Only the cestodes have been studied at Bombay.<br />

Class Cestoda<br />

Order Eucestoda<br />

Superfamily Tetrarhynchoidea<br />

Family Pterobothriidae<br />

Genus Pterobothrium Diesing<br />

Pterobothrium heteracanthumDiesing [onCarcharhnus bleekeri<br />

(Dumeril) ]*<br />

Family Otobothriidae<br />

Subfamily Otobothriinae<br />

Genus Otobothrium Linton<br />

Otobothrium balliSouthwell [onSphyrna blochii(Cuv.)]<br />

Superfamily Phyllobothriodea<br />

Family Phyllobothriidae<br />

Genus Anthobothrium van Beneden<br />

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