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Report on the first occurrence of Bathynomus giganteus, a deep sea isopod from the west coast of India

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Title Report on the first occurrence of Bathynomus giganteus,
a deep sea isopod from the west coast of India
 
Creator Jacob, A Y
Narayanankutty, V A
 
Subject Isopod
 
Description A deep sea isopod specimen was collected
from Cochin Fisheries Harbour, while
unloading the catch on 14.03.2006. The
giant isopod was caught by a trawler
operated at a depth of 520 meters off
Ezhimala, Kannur district of Kerala. The
specimen was identified as Bathynomus
giganteus (Fig 1A &B) belonging to the
order isopoda, suborder flabellifera and
family cirulanidae.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4555/1/Article3.pdf
Jacob, A Y and Narayanankutty, V A (2006) Report on the first occurrence of Bathynomus giganteus, a deep sea isopod from the west coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 187. pp. 13-15.