Anu Prasanna Vankara
Assistant Professor
,Department of Zoology
Yogi Vemana University
India
Biography
Aug. 2004- Sept. 2008: Thesis entitled “Taxonomic studies on the metazoan parasites of freshwater fishes of River Godavari, Rajahmundry with special reference to histopathological and ecological aspects of Mastacembelid fishes†on 01.10.2008 in the Department of Zoology, Andhra University for the award of Ph.D degree. Awarded with Ph.D degree on 04.02.2009. 2002-2004:M.Sc in ZOOLOGY, Andhra University (IInd rank, 75 %) 1999-2002: B.Sc (ZBC) Andhra University (Ist Class, Distinction 85 %)
Research Interest
Fish Parasitology: Systematics, Histopathology, Histochemistry and Ecology
Publications
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A.P. Vankara, C.Vijayalakshmi & T.Gangadharam. “On a new species, Cathetocephalus leucas (Tetraphyllidea: Cathetocephalidae) from the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) from Bay of Bengal, Visakhaptnam coast, Andhra Pradesh, India.†Journal of Parasitic Diseases, Vol.31, No.2, 114-119, Dec 2007.
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A.P. Vankara, C.Vijayalakshmi & J. Vijayalakshmi “Polypocephalus visakhapatnamensis sp. Nov. (Lecanicephalidea: Polypocephalidae) from Himatura uarnak (Forsskal) and Dasyatis (Amphotistius) zugei (Müller & Henle) from Visakhapatnam coast.†Journal of Parasitic Diseases, Vol.31, No.2, 152-154, Dec 2007.
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Anu prasanna Vankara, C.Vijayalakshmi & J. Vijayalakshmi “Description of a new species, Polypocephalus kuhlii n. sp (Lecanicephalidae: Polypocephalidae) from Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle) at Visakhapatnam coast, Bay of Bengal, India. Jouranl of Parasitology and Applied Animal Biology, Vol.15, No.1&2, 63-68, July 2006.
