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First Report of Cymothoid Isopod Nerocila kisra Bowman and Tareen, 1983 (Family: Cymothoidae) from India

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This paper reports Nerocila kisra Bowman and Tareen, 1983, for the first time from the coastal waters of India. It was collected from bycatch trash of Kumbhabhishekam fishing harbour, Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh). It is the first record of this species from this area beyond its type locality Persian Gulf. This species is characterised by the presence of serrated endopod and triangular cephalon. The present manuscript also discussed how this species is different from the other related species under the subgroup Emphylia.

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We are thankful to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, for providing the necessary working facilities. The survey was supported by the internal funding of the Zoological Survey of India. A part of the work is also supported by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (File No. EEQ/2021/000048) as a project grant to the author Dr. Jaya Kishor Seth.

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  1. Post Graduate Dept. of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, 760007, India

    Sanmitra Roy, Sandeep Kumar Mohapatra & Jaya Kishor Seth

  2. Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, 761002, India

    Sanmitra Roy, Sandeep Kumar Mohapatra & Anil Mohapatra

  3. Crustacea Section, Zoological Survey of India, 27-J.N. Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700016, India

    Santanu Mitra

  4. Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra, 411044, India

    Basudev Tripathy

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Significance Statement: The paper reports Nerocila kisra as the first record from India beyond its type locality. The manuscript also compares characters among its congeners, which will ease the identification of these isopods. A comprehensive study is required to understand the zoogeography and other biological aspects of this species.

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Roy, S., Mohapatra, S.K., Mitra, S. et al. First Report of Cymothoid Isopod Nerocila kisra Bowman and Tareen, 1983 (Family: Cymothoidae) from India. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 45, 389–392 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-022-01154-2

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