title: Infection of the isopod Tachaea spongillicola on freshwater prawns Macrobrachium spp. in southern India.
abstract: This paper reports the infection of freshwater prawns belonging to the genus Macrobrachium by the isopod parasite Tachaea spongillicola in a freshwater river system of southeastern India.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005618:Fresh Water; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D033321:Isopoda / Q000502:physiology*; D033541:Palaemonidae / Q000469:parasitology*