First record of two parasitic isopods of the family Cymothoidae from Odisha coast, India

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¬

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v51i12.4292

Keywords:

Isopods, Cymothoa frontalis, Nerocila exocoeti, Odisha coast

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.

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Published

2023-07-28

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 12 (2022): IJMS [December 2022]

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Short Communications

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