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New species of Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930 and Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Chondracanthidae) parasitizing marine fishes from Indian waters

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NAUPLIUS
Volume 28, Issue -, Pages -

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SOC BRASILEIRA CARCINOLOGIA
DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2020014

Keywords

Chondracanthids; Chondracanthus kabatai sp. n.; Zenopsis conchifer; Acanthochondria krishnai sp. n.; Uranoscopus guttatus; Checklist

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  1. University Grants Commission [F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/BL/16-17/0401]

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This paper describes two new species of parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae H. Milne Edwards, 1840. Acanthochondria krishnai sp. n. is described from Dollfus' stargrazer, Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, collected from Muttom and Colachel, Tamil Nadu, and Chondracanthus kabatai sp. n. from Silvery john dory, Zenopsis conchifer Lowe, collected from Neendakara, Quilon, Kerala, both along the southwest coast of India. Both the species are described and illustrated based on the fresh female and male specimens collected from India. Both the species are the first Indian representative of the respective genera. The checklist of Indian species of the family Chondracanthidae is also presented.

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