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First record of Glossobius auritus Bovallius 1885 and Glossobius hemiramphi Williams and Williams 1985 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing the marine fishes from Indian Coast

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Survey on cymothoids infesting the marine fishes from the Malabar Coast, India recorded two species (Glossobius auritus Bovallius 1885 and Glossobius hemiramphi Williams and Williams 1985), new to India and both appear with new host fish, Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker) for G. auritus and Hemiramphus lutkei (Valencinnes) for G. hemiramphi. In the present paper, both species are re-described based on the live and fresh specimens collected from India; Re-description of G. auritus is based on male and female stages, while all the available life cycle stages such as male, transitional, female, juvenile and larvae (manca and premanca) were considered for the re-description of G. hemiramphi. The occurrence, distribution, site specific infestation and fecundity of newly recorded Glossobius spp. are also discussed.

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Authors gratefully acknowledge UGC, New Delhi (F.No:38-218/2009(SR) dtd: 24/12/2009) and KSCSTE, Govt of Kerala (No.(T) 093/SRS/2011/CSTE, dated 25/06/2011) for the financial support to carry out the data collection for the work. Sincerely acknowledge the Director, ZSI, Kolkata for the encouragement and provision of facilities to carry out the description part of the work. Thanks due to Dr. Emily Dock Åkerman, Department of Zoology, SMNH, Stockholm, for the digital loan of type specimen. Thankfully acknowledge Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India for Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded to PTA.

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  1. Post Graduate Department of Zoology and Research Centre, Sree Narayana College, Kannur, 670 007, India

    Aneesh Panakkool-Thampan, Helna Ameri Kottarathil & Sudha Kappalli

  2. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 053, India

    Aneesh Panakkool-Thampan

  3. School of Biological Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India

    Sudha Kappalli

  4. School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632014, India

    Anilkumar Gopinathan

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Panakkool-Thampan, A., Ameri Kottarathil, H., Kappalli, S. et al. First record of Glossobius auritus Bovallius 1885 and Glossobius hemiramphi Williams and Williams 1985 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing the marine fishes from Indian Coast. Thalassas 34, 173–189 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-017-0050-1

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