Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes

To identify the isopod parasite, which has been recorded from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes. During the present study, four cymothoid isopods are reported three genera, including Cymothoa eremita, Lobothorax typus, Nerocila longispina and Nerocila loveni. Nerocila longispina and N. loveni are a...

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Main Authors: Anand Kumar, A., Rameshkumar, G., Ravichandran, S., Priya, E., Ramasamy, Nagarajan, Leng, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49914
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author Anand Kumar, A.
Rameshkumar, G.
Ravichandran, S.
Priya, E.
Ramasamy, Nagarajan
Leng, A.
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Rameshkumar, G.
Ravichandran, S.
Priya, E.
Ramasamy, Nagarajan
Leng, A.
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description To identify the isopod parasite, which has been recorded from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes. During the present study, four cymothoid isopods are reported three genera, including Cymothoa eremita, Lobothorax typus, Nerocila longispina and Nerocila loveni. Nerocila longispina and N. loveni are also previously reported from Malaysia and two additional cymothoids C. eremita and L. typus are reported for the first record of Miri coast, East Malaysia. New hosts were identified for N. loveni on Chirocentrus dorab for the first time in the world fauna. The Parasitological indexes were calculated. The site of attachment of the parasites on their hosts was also observed. These parasites can cause the damage in gill, eye and internal organ including swim bladder. Marine fish parasitology is a rapidly developing field of aquatic science.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-499142018-03-29T09:07:08Z Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes Anand Kumar, A. Rameshkumar, G. Ravichandran, S. Priya, E. Ramasamy, Nagarajan Leng, A. To identify the isopod parasite, which has been recorded from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes. During the present study, four cymothoid isopods are reported three genera, including Cymothoa eremita, Lobothorax typus, Nerocila longispina and Nerocila loveni. Nerocila longispina and N. loveni are also previously reported from Malaysia and two additional cymothoids C. eremita and L. typus are reported for the first record of Miri coast, East Malaysia. New hosts were identified for N. loveni on Chirocentrus dorab for the first time in the world fauna. The Parasitological indexes were calculated. The site of attachment of the parasites on their hosts was also observed. These parasites can cause the damage in gill, eye and internal organ including swim bladder. Marine fish parasitology is a rapidly developing field of aquatic science. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49914 10.1007/s12639-013-0320-7 restricted
spellingShingle Anand Kumar, A.
Rameshkumar, G.
Ravichandran, S.
Priya, E.
Ramasamy, Nagarajan
Leng, A.
Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes
title Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes
title_full Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes
title_fullStr Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes
title_short Occurrence of cymothoid isopod from Miri, East Malaysian marine fishes
title_sort occurrence of cymothoid isopod from miri, east malaysian marine fishes
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49914