nstantaneous and historical temperature effects on a-pinene
Observation
on an isopod parasitizing the edible fish
Parastromateusniger in the Parangipettai coast of India
Author Details
G.Rameshkumar
Centre
of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, AnnamalaiUniversity, Parangipettai
- 608 502, India
S.Ravichandran
(Corresponding author)
Centre
of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, AnnamalaiUniversity,
Parangipettai - 608 502, India
e-mail:
sravicas@gmail.com
J.P.Trilles
UMR 5119 (CNRS-UM2-IFREMER-IRD), Equipe Adaptation
Ecophysiologique et
Ontogen?se, Universit? Montpellier 2, CC. 092, Place E.
Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05,
France
Publication Data
Paper received:
06 August 2010
Revised
received:
10 January 2011
Re-revised
received:
16 February 2011
Re-re-revised
received:
17 May 2011
Accepted:
26 May 2011
Abstract
Cymothoidae are big parasites on fishes and
often they are host specific. This study reports that in India, the Black pomfret
(Parastromateusniger),
a highly edible marine fish belonging to the family Carangidae,
is the type host of Cymothoaeremita (Isopoda, Cymothoidae). Among one hundred and sixty fish examined
from April to July, 2010 in Parangipettai coastal waters, only three female specimens
were infested in June, 2010. It seems that such parasitism depends
particularly on the season and on the host sex.
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