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DAO 55:259-260 (2003)

Abstract

Infection of the isopod Tachaea spongillicola on freshwater prawns Macrobrachium spp. in southern India

Pitchaimuthu Mariappan1,*, Chellam Balasundaram1, Jean-Paul Trilles2

1Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli 620 024, India
2Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie des Invertébrés, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, CP 092, Place Eugéne Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

*Email: mnobilii@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT: This paper reports the infection of freshwater prawns belonging to the genus Macrobrachium by the isopod parasite Tachaea spongillicola in a freshwater river system of southeastern India.

KEY WORDS: Isopod · Tachaea spongillicola · Freshwater prawn · Macrobrachium

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Published in DAO Vol. 55, No. 3 (2003) on August 4
Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580. Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2003

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