Bactrochondria hoi

Scientific Name:-

Bactrochondria hoi

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Arthropoda

Status:-

Not known

Description:-

Female.-Body stout but short. Head with antero-Iateral and postero-Iateral regions swollen, constricted just behind the antero-lateral swellings. Dorsal side with three longitudinal ribs beginning from the base of the antennules. First thoracic segment short, indistinctly demarcated by a septum, forming a neck connecting cephalon and trunk. Trunk swollen, about four times as long as broad. Abdomen separated from trunk by a partition, distally bilobed.Basal segment of antennule broad, without setae, distal segment short, with apical setae. Antennae broken off. Oral appendages typically chondracanthid. First leg placed close behind the maxillipeds, composed of an elliptic lamina with median inner lobe. Second leg placed far behind first biramous rami small laminate outer slightly larger.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Parasitic on fishes of Kerala coast (Pillai, 1985)

Habitat:-

marine, parasitic

Synonyms:-

Ceratochondria hoi Pillai, 1985

References:-

Pillai, N.K. (1985). The Fauna of India. Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India.
Walter, T. Chad (2015). Bactrochondria hoi (Pillai, 1985). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2015). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=361631 on 2015-10-24

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