Infection of the isopod Tachaea spongillicola on freshwater prawns Macrobrachium spp. in southern India

Dis Aquat Organ. 2003 Aug 4;55(3):259-60. doi: 10.3354/dao055259.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fresh Water
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • India / epidemiology
  • Isopoda / physiology*
  • Palaemonidae / parasitology*