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New occurrence of parasitic isopods from Indian fishes

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Until now, 36 species belonging to the family Cymothoidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) were recorded from Indian fishes. In this study, ten additional cymothoids are reported in India, most of them for the first time. They parasitize nine fish species, several of them being new host species.

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Authors are thankful to the Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of environment & Forest, Government of India for providing financial support and to the Dean, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai for providing facilities and encouragement.

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  1. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ganapathy Rameshkumar, Samuthirapandian Ravichandran & Kanagasabapathy Sivasubramanian

  2. Equipe Adaptation Ecophysiologique et Ontogenèse, UMR 5119 (CNRS-UM2-IRD-UM1-IFREMER), Université Montpellier 2, CC. 092, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France

    Jean-Paul Trilles

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Rameshkumar, G., Ravichandran, S., Sivasubramanian, K. et al. New occurrence of parasitic isopods from Indian fishes. J Parasit Dis 37, 42–46 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0128-x

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