title: New potential host forRyukyua globosa(Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from Parangipettai, Southeast coast of India.
abstract: In the present studyRyukyua globosaparasitic isopod on the marine fishes of the Parangipettai coast are reported.R. globosawas found attached in the gill chamber ofSardinella gibbosa.The attachment position ofRyukyuaspecies differs from that of other member of this genus. Until now,R. globosawas only reported onAmblygaster sirmandA.leiogaster.S.gibbosais a new host record forR.globosa.R. globosa, branchial parasites, already known from Japan and is now recorded from the Southeast coast of India.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Toxicology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Ganapathy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rameshkumar
authors.affiliation: Unit of Toxicology, Department of Zoology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Mathan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502 Tamil Nadu India.
authors.forename: Samuthirapandian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
keywords: New host record; Parangipettai; Ryukyua globosa; Sardinellagibbosa; Southeast coast of India