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Abstract
In the present study a new species is describe of Genus Tylocephalum (Linton, 1890) from Dasyatis
walga at Borli, Dist Raigad (M.S) India, in the period of March 2017 to May 2018. The present worm
scolex is oval, bearing four suckers, each sucker having oval shape; mature proglottids are three to four
time longer than broad, testes are 60-70 in number, oval shaped, posterior testes are slightly larger in size
than anterior testes, ovary is ‘V’ shaped, the lobes of ovary are elongated, broad anteriorly and narrow
posteriorly The uterus is narrow anteriorly and broad posteriorly, starts from ootype straight reaches near
to the anterior region of the segment.