European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

The marine water fish Dasyatiswalgacollected from Ratnagiri district during the period of June 2018 to May 2019. After dissection their intestinal passage was examined for tapeworm parasite.The genus Uncibilocularis was established by Southwell (1925) with its type species U. trygonis (Shipley et Hornell 1906),the histopathological studies were carried out and observation clearly shows that the parasite, UncibilocularisdasyatisiiSp.Nov. was approaching to the intestinal villi, embedded in the fibroblast cell and is attached to the intestinal villi. Thehistopathological studies of tapeworm UncibilocularisdasyatisiiSp.Nov. Have been studied to find the pathological changes and extendof damage of the intestinal layers of Dasyatiswalga.