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Nerocila sundaica (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) parasitizing Otolithes ruber from Nagapattinam, Southeast coast of India

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Several Nerocila species appear to have little or no host specificity. However, in India, Nerocila sundaica was found to be attached to the pectoral fin or on the body of the fish Otolithes ruber. During October 2013, the parasitic prevalence reached 42.2 % and the Mean intensity was equal to 1. The infected host fish’s size ranged from 12.5 to 17.2 cm. Moreover, slight tissue damages were also observed in the host fish.

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Author (G. Rameshkumar) are thankful to UGC, New Delhi for the Grant of Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship No. F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/13-1011/2013 (BSR) and the head, Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore for providing facilities and encouragement.

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  1. Unit of Toxicology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ganapathy Rameshkumar, Mathan Ramesh & Chellappan Shobana

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

    Samuthirapandian Ravichandran

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

    Jean-Paul Trilles

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Rameshkumar, G., Ramesh, M., Ravichandran, S. et al. Nerocila sundaica (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) parasitizing Otolithes ruber from Nagapattinam, Southeast coast of India. J Parasit Dis 39, 789–792 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0439-1

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