• Dr. UMAPATI SAHAY
• KUNJLATA LAL

Dandawate (2018)1 reported a new species of the genus Lytocestus and named it Lytocestus mulaansis under the family Lytocestidae (Caryophyllidea) Wardle & McLeod (1952) 2 from a fish Clarias batrachus of Mula Dam at Baragaon, Nandur, Taluk Rahauri dist Ahmadnagar M.S. The description of the species appeared in Aarhat Multidisciplinary International Education Research Journal vol VII Special Issue XV 2018 on page 37-43. His paper suffers from a number of mistakes. The present authors have pointed out the mistakes after critically going through the manuscript and observing the sketch provided and suggested some remedial measures to prove its validity and existence till then the species Lytocestus mulaansis is kept under incertae sedis.

Lytocestus mulaansis, review, incertae sedis.

"A critical study of the taxonomic status of Lytocestus mulaansis Dandawate, (2018)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.457-468, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C59.pdf

"A critical study of the taxonomic status of Lytocestus mulaansis Dandawate, (2018)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp457-468, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C59.pdf