First record of Gloiopotes watsoni Kirtisinghe, 1934 parasitic on Istiophorus platypteurs (Shaw and Nodder 1792) from Andaman Sea with DNA barcodes
Pradeep, H.D.; Venu, S.; Sumitha, G. (2019). First record of Gloiopotes watsoni Kirtisinghe, 1934 parasitic on Istiophorus platypteurs (Shaw and Nodder 1792) from Andaman Sea with DNA barcodes. I3 Biodiversity 5: 1-8
In: I3 Biodiversity. I3 Press: Finland. e-ISSN 2490-0362, more
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Caligidae Burmeister, 1835 [WoRMS]; Gloiopotes watsoni Kirtisinghe, 1934 [WoRMS]; Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) [WoRMS]
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Caligidae, Gloipotes watsoni, Istiophorus platypteurs, India |
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- Pradeep, H.D.
- Venu, S.
- Sumitha, G.
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| Abstract |
The knowledge of the parasitic copepods from Andaman and Nicobar archipelago of Indian EEZ is limited. The present study reports the Siphanostomoatoid parasite Gloipotes watsoni Kirtisinghe, 1934 from the oceanic Indo-Pacific Sailfish Istiophorus platypteurs (Shaw and Nodder 1792) from Indian EEZ of the Andaman Sea. 10 specimens of parasite were collected from the skin of the Indo-Pacific Sailfish during the exploratory longline survey in Andaman and Nicobar waters adds to the range extension of the parasite. Molecular marker based taxonomical annotation using Mitochondrial 18S rDNA sequencing confirmed the identity of the G. watsoni. |
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