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First Record of Two Parasitic Isopods of The Family Cymothoidae From Odisha Coast, India


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1 Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
2 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
3 Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Akurdi, Pune – 411 044, India
 

The present paper deals with the first report of the parasitic isopod Cymothoa frontalis Milne Edwards, 1840 found attached to host fish Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823) collected from Chandanipal fish landing Centre, Dhamara, and Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954 found attached to host fish, Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 collected from Aryapalli fish landing centre, Gopalpur-on-Sea. The reports constitute first material evidence of the two parasites from the coastal waters of Odisha, India.

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Isopods, Cymothoa frontalis, Nerocila exocoeti, Odisha coast
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Authors

S. K. Mohapatra
Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
S. Roy
Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
A. Gokul
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
J. K. Seth
Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
B. Tripathy
Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Akurdi, Pune – 411 044, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India

Abstract


The present paper deals with the first report of the parasitic isopod Cymothoa frontalis Milne Edwards, 1840 found attached to host fish Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823) collected from Chandanipal fish landing Centre, Dhamara, and Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954 found attached to host fish, Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 collected from Aryapalli fish landing centre, Gopalpur-on-Sea. The reports constitute first material evidence of the two parasites from the coastal waters of Odisha, India.

Keywords


Isopods, Cymothoa frontalis, Nerocila exocoeti, Odisha coast

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