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Distribution of isopod parasites in Carangid fishes from Parangipettai, Southeast coast of India

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Crustacean parasites absorb their nourishment directly from hosts for feeding. The present study was aimed at collecting information as possible on this so far neglected group of isopod parasites of the Carangid fishes of Parangipettai coastal environment. A very little information is available regarding the isopod parasites of Carangid fishes. In the present study six species of isopods belonging to 3 genera were found on four species of fishes. The distribution of Catoessa boscii is found throughout the year.

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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

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

    Samuthirapandian Ravichandran

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Rameshkumar, G., Ravichandran, S. & Ramesh, M. Distribution of isopod parasites in Carangid fishes from Parangipettai, Southeast coast of India. J Parasit Dis 40, 124–128 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0460-4

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