Table 3.

Comparative measurements of Phyllodistomum tripathi with other species of Phyllodistomum (in mm)

Characters	P.tripathi Motwani & Srivastava, 1961	P.cameroni Agrawal, 1966	P. betwaensis Sen, 2014	P.punctati Jithila & Prasadan, 2018	Present Species P.tripathi
Mean body size	1.55–4.58 × 0.74- 2.02	4.23 × 2.23	1.4–1.6 × 0.41–0.43	1.54–6.13 × 1.03–4.32	1.58–3.72 × 0.72–2.04
Length to width ratio of body	2.22:1	1.89:1	3.57:1	1.48:1	1.92:1
Fore body	0.9–2.7 × 0.53–0.8	1.8 × 1.10	0.81–0.83 × 0.19–0.21	0.62–2.57 × 0.63–2.16	0.89–0.94 × 0.43–0.75
Hind body	0.69- 2.0 × 0.74- 2.02	2.52 × 2.23	0.61–0.63 × 0.41–0.43	0.89–4.00 × 1.31–4.32	0.95–0.98 × 0.78–0.80
Oral sucker	0.19–0.50 × 0.19–0.45	0.5	0.15–0.17 × 0.11–0.13	0.33–0.82 × 0.35–0.76	0.19–0.26 × 0.20–0.28
Ventral sucker	0.3–0.6	0.5	0.23–25 × 0.17–0.19	0.28–0.77 × 0.35–0.76	0.22–0.28 × 0.24–0.33
Esophagus	0.11–0.45	0.19 × 0.08	0.09- 0.11 × 0.03–0.05	0.06–0.37 × 0.05–0.08	0.12–0.17
Anterior testis (Right testis)	0.20–0.48 × 0.20–0.60	0.53 × 0.40	0.13–0.15 × 0.1–0.12	0.12–0.52 × 0.07–0.32	0.16–0.20 × 0.14–0.17
Posterior testis (Left testis)	0.25–0.55 × 0.20–0.50	0.44 × 0.42	0.11–0.130 × 0.08- 1.0	0.09–0.68 × 0.11–0.33	0.22–0.24 × 0.18–0.20
Ovary	0.10–0.25 × 0.09–0.25	0.42 × 0.30	0.09–0.11 × 0.06–0.08	0.11–0.43 × 0.11–0.37	0.07–0.12 × 0.06–0.08
Right vitelline gland	0.03–0.12 × 0.11–0.31	0.10 × 0.028	0.08–0.01 × 0.03–0.05	0.09–0.29 × 0.06–0.27	0.06–0.07 × 0.03–0.04
Left vitelline gland	0.03–0.10 × 0.11–0.32	0.1 × 0.029	0.05–0.07 × 0.02–0.04	0.09–0.32 × 0.05–0.30	0.07–0.08 × 0.04–0.05
Eggs	0.0512–0.0752 × 0.0259–0.0492	0.0391–0.0522 × 0.0194–0.0325	0.02–0.04 × 0.01–0.02	0.020–0.029 × 0.012–0.20	0.02–0.03 × 0.01–0.02
Host	Bagarius yarrellii Pseudeutropius garua	Rita rita	Channa punctatus	Channa punctatus	Xenentodon cancila
Locality	Lucknow	Lucknow	Jhansi	Western Ghats	Jammu