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Notes on some copepod parasites in the collection of the British Museum (N.H.), London

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Title Notes on some copepod parasites in the collection
of the British Museum (N.H.), London
 
Creator Pillai, N Krishna
 
Subject Copepods
 
Description During the course of a review of the work on the copepods parasitising Indian
marine fishes (Pillai, 1965b) it was found that the correct recognition of some of
the species recorded by Bassett-Smith (1898) from Indian waters is difficult because
of the absence of information on details. When it is remembered that Bassett-
Smith's papers were published nearly seventy years back this defect is quite understandable.
But unfortunately no one seems to have taken any interest in redescribing
them. During the tenure of a Royal Society and Nuffield Foundation Commonwealth
Bursary I utilised part of my time to examine Bassett-Smith's collection in
the British Museum (N.H.). To my regret I was able to locate only a few of them
and even those present were represented by only one or two specimens each. As
it was considered inadvisable to destroy these specimens, they were examined after
clearing them in lactic acid. All the illustrations accompanying this paper were
prepared without dissection. It is hoped that the present report will add to the
usefulness of Bassett-Smith's pioneer work.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of India
 
Date 1971-12-31
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1010/1/N_Krishna_Pillai_149-174.pdf
Pillai, N Krishna (1971) Notes on some copepod parasites in the collection of the British Museum (N.H.), London. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 11 (1&2). pp. 149-174.