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Pea crab Arcotheres alcocki (Rathbun, 1909) as endoparasite of the backwater clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782)

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Title Pea crab Arcotheres alcocki (Rathbun, 1909) as endoparasite of the backwater clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782)
 
Creator Pati, Premalata
Sahu, Biraja Kumar
Panigrahy, R. C.
 
Subject Arcotheres alcocki
Meretrix casta
Endoparasite
Bahuda estuary
Rushikulya estuary
Odisha
 
Description 1067-1070
Occurrence of Arcotheres alcocki (Rathbun, 1909) (synonymous with Pinnotheres alcocki) in the mantle cavity of the backwater clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782) of Bahuda and Rushikulya estuaries (Odisha), east coast of India is reported in this paper. It is the first record of A. alcocki occurring as parasite in M. casta from Indian coasts and also the first report on the occurrence of pea crab from Odisha coast. Visible damage to the body tissue of the infested clams was noticed which suggests that the clam fishery of this region is susceptible for parasitic attack by A. alcocki.
 
Date 2016-07-21T05:24:21Z
2016-07-21T05:24:21Z
2015-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34859
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(07) [July 2015]