Catoessa boscii (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) parasitic on Carangoides malabaricus (Pisces, Carangidae) from India. Taxonomy and host-parasite relationships.
Catoessa boscii (Bleeker, 1857) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), is redescribed according to the type specimen observed by Schioedte and Meinert (1884) extant in the Rijksmuseum von Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (RMNH) and from many additional specimens recently collected in India from Carangoides malabaricus (Pisces, Carangidae). This study allows an updating of the diagnosis of the genus Catoessa and of the species Catoessa boscii. Some parasite-host relationships were studied during the year. Prevalence and sex ratio of parasites varied according to the month, and the sex and size of hosts.
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
JP
Trilles
Samuthirapandian
S
Ravichandran
Ganapathy
G
Rameshkumar
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D033321:Isopoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012737:Sex Factors; D013045:Species Specificity