Infection of the isopod Tachaea spongillicola on freshwater prawns Macrobrachium spp. in southern India
Pitchaimuthu Mariappan1,*, Chellam Balasundaram1, Jean-Paul Trilles2
1Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli 620 024, India
2Laboratoire d¹Ecophysiologie des Invertébrés, Université Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, CP 092, Place Eugéne Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
ABSTRACT: This paper reports the infection of freshwater prawns belonging to the genus Macrobrachium by the isopod parasite Tachaea spongillicola in a freshwater river system of southeastern India.
KEY WORDS: Isopod · Tachaea spongillicola · Freshwater prawn · Macrobrachium