Table 2.
Comparative description of T. kalavatae n. sp. with morphologically similar species (measurements are in micrometer)
| Species | Host | Site of infection | Locality | Spore | Polar capsule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. kalavatae n. sp. (present study) | Cirrhina reba | Caudal fin | Harike wetland, Punjab (India) | 11.5 × 4.9 | 5.2 × 3.3 |
| T. niloticus Gurley 1893 | Labeo niloticus | Skin of head | Nile (Egypt) | 5.0 × 3.5 | – |
| T. seni (Southwell and Prashad 1918) Chakravarty and Basu 1948 | Catla catla | Branchiae | West Bengal (India) | 12.48–14.94 | 8.56 |
| T. mrigalae Tripathi 1952 | C. mrigala | Skin on the head | West Bengal (India) | 10.8–12.0 × 6.3–7.2 | 5.4–7.2 × 3.6–5.0 |
| T. nikolski Akhmerov 1955 | Cyprinus carpio haematopterus | Fin | Amur basin (Russia) | 19.0–20.0 × 12.0 | 7.0 × 5.0–6.0 |
| T. potaili Lalitha Kumari 1969 | L. potail | Fin | Andhra Pradesh (India) | 13.0 × 8.2 | 5.9 × 4.3 |
| T. sanjibi Sarkar and Ghosh 1990 | Mystus gulio | Kidney | West Bengal (India) | 12.52 × 8.27 | 4.52 × 4.0 |
| T. sudevi Sarkar and Ghosh 1990 | Amblypharyngodon mola | Kidney | West Bengal (India) | 14.05 × 5.87 | 5.17 × 2.65 |
| T. caudatus Pagarkar and Das 1993 | L. rohita | Between rays of caudal fin and anal fin | West Bengal (India) | 13.8 × 9.0 | 7.02 × 5.07 |
| T. orissae Haldar et al. 1997 | C. mrigala | Gills | Orissa (India) | 7.29 × 3.11 | 3.72 × 2.32 |
| T. avijiti Basu and Haldar 2003 | L. rohita | Dorsal fin | West Bengal (India) | 14.0 × 9.7 | 6.0 × 4.0 |
| T. habibpuri Acharya and Dutta 2007 | L. rohita | Pectoral fin | West Bengal (India) | 13.0–14.3 (13.9) × 8.0–9.0 (8.5) | 6.0–6.5 (6.0) × 4.1–5.0 (4.9) |
| T. imphlaensis Hemananda et al. 2010/2011 | L. rohita | Gills | Imphal, Manipur (India) | 20.4–22.1 (21.33) × 8.5–10.2 (9.43) | 10.2–11.05 (10.79) × 3.40–4.25 (3.78) |