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Bopyrid parasites of prawns at Kakinada

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Title Bopyrid parasites of prawns at Kakinada
 
Creator Lalitha Devi, S
 
Subject Parasites
Invertebrates
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description A total of 1,064 prawns belonging to 12 species of penaeid and 3 species of non-penaeid prawns were
infected with 10 species of Bopyrid parasites belonging to 5 genera. Epipenaeon georgei is described as new to
science. Epipenaeon japonicus Thielemann and Orbione bonnieri Nobili are new records to Indian waters.
There was no host specificity except in E. japonicus Thielemann and Stegoalphaeon kempi Chopra. Incidence
of infestation was higher during October-January. Statistical analysis revealed that the male and female
prawns of a given species have equal chance of being infested by the bopyrids. Infested prawns exhibited
degeneration of the primary and secondary sexual organs. The index of condition in the infested prawns
was low compared with non-infested prawns.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1982
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1336/1/Lalitha_23-32.pdf
Lalitha Devi, S (1982) Bopyrid parasites of prawns at Kakinada. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 24 (1&2). pp. 23-32.