Two Nerocila species parasitizing Pomadasys maculatus from Nagapattinam, Southeast coast of India.
Two species of Cymothoidae (Nerocila loveni and Nerocila sundaica) were collected on the host fish Pomadasys maculatus from the Nagapattinam coast. Pomadasys maculatus is a new host for these parasitic isopods not previously recorded in the world. Nerocila loveni was mainly attached on the caudal peduncle of the fish and N. sundaica was collected from the pectoral fin and the body of the host. For N. loveni and N. sundaica, the prevalence reached 28.70 and 26.08 % respectively. One parasite was collected per host fish.
Unit of Toxicology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046 Tamil Nadu India.
Ganapathy
G
Rameshkumar
Unit of Toxicology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046 Tamil Nadu India.
Mathan
M
Ramesh
Faculty of Marine Science, Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502 Tamil Nadu India.
Samuthirapandian
S
Ravichandran
Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
Jean-Paul
JP
Trilles
Cymothoidae; N. sundaica; Nerocila loveni; New host record; Parasitic isopods; Pomadasys maculatus