Copepod parasites of a commercial clam (Meretrix meretrix) from Phuket, Thailand

✍ Scribed by Ju-shey Hot; Il-Hoi Kim

• Book ID: 104617404
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 571 KB
• Volume: 308
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5141
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00037782

✦ Synopsis

Three species of copepods are reported from hard clams, Meretrix meretrix (L .), obtained from the market in Phuket, Thailand . They are : Conchyliurus bombasticus Reddiah (Clausidiidae), Ostrincola portonoviensis Reddiah (Myicolidae), and Lichomolgus similis Ho & Kim (Lichomolgidae) . The first two species are redescribed based on the newly collected material . Conchyliurus fragilis Reddiah is proposed to be relegated to a synonym of C. bombasticus . L. similis is recorded for the first time from the Indian Ocean .