First Record of Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Gills of Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) in Iraq

Kefah Naser Abdul-Ameer; Fatima Khalaf Atwan

doi:10.30526/2017.IHSCICONF.1771

First Record of Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Gills of Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) in Iraq

Authors

Kefah Naser Abdul-Ameer
Fatima Khalaf Atwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30526/2017.IHSCICONF.1771

Keywords:

Ciliophora, Trichodina magna, Oreochromis aureus, Tigris River, Baghdad.

Abstract

The Ciliophoran Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 is recorded for the first time in in Iraq from gills of the blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) Iraq from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris River at Baghdad city. The description and measurements of this external parasite as well as its illustrations are given.