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: 177
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180, figs 13 (
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FC2BEBAFFBC0FA6E" bold="true" box="[921,1081,1502,1524]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">new synonymy</emphasis>
).
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FF25E850FE75F9A0" bold="true" box="[151,396,1569,1594]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Materials examined.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FE26E853FDD5F9A0" box="[404,556,1569,1594]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Type material</emphasis>
:
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—1♀,
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, ovigerous, Parangipettai, southeastern coast of India from
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FF65E837FE54F9C4" box="[215,429,1605,1630]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Exocoetus volitans</emphasis>
Linnaeus (Exocoetidae)
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, deposited in MNHN by J.P. Trilles, coll. Rameshkumar on
<date id="274476CBFF9F3C73FA32E837FEE9F918" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" value="2011-04-12">12 April 2011</date>
(MNHN-IU-2009-1937).
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF9F3C73FF75E8FDFAB0F974" blockId="2.[151,1436,1569,2026]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FF75E8FDFED6F93F" bold="true" box="[199,303,1676,1701]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">
<typeStatus id="8C41EEA9FF9F3C73FF75E8FDFED6F93F" box="[199,303,1676,1701]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
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,
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, ovig., Madras (
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), from
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FCDDE8FCFBF7F93C" box="[879,1038,1677,1702]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Hemiramphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. coll.
<collectorName id="FE0F35DDFF9F3C73FBCAE8FFFA91F93C" box="[1144,1384,1677,1702]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">P. Venkata Ramaniah</collectorName>
, (C
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FA21E8FCFA65F93C" bold="true" box="[1427,1436,1677,1702]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">-</emphasis>
1680/2)
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;
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FEB6E8C3FE8CF953" bold="true" box="[260,373,1714,1737]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">
<typeStatus id="8C41EEA9FF9F3C73FEB6E8C3FE8CF953" box="[260,373,1714,1737]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="45FC9B82FF9F3C73FE21E8C3FE3DF953" box="[403,452,1714,1738]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" type="female">2 ♀</specimenCount>
,
<quantity id="9402FDEEFF9F3C73FE6BE8C0FDCBF953" box="[473,562,1713,1738]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" unit="mm" value="26.0">26 mm</quantity>
, ovig.,
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partially molted, Madras (
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), coll.
<collectorName id="FE0F35DDFF9F3C73FA92E8C3FEF0F974" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">P. Venkata Ramaniah</collectorName>
, (C
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FE80E8A4FEC2F974" bold="true" box="[306,315,1749,1774]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">-</emphasis>
1681/2) [originally deposited as
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FD15E8A4FC62F974" box="[679,923,1749,1774]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Nerocila madrasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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]
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF9F3C73FF75E88BFA97F8E4" blockId="2.[151,1436,1569,2026]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FF75E88BFE6FF888" box="[199,406,1785,1810]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Non type material:</emphasis>
1 ♀,
<quantity id="9402FDEEFF9F3C73FE67E888FDDFF88B" box="[469,550,1785,1810]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" unit="mm" value="26.0">26 mm</quantity>
, ovig.,
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fish landing centre, Chennai, India, 13°05'N, 80°28'E, Bay of Bengal, from
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FEF9E96FFD8CF8AC" box="[331,629,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
(Richardson) (Exocoetidae)
</taxonomicName>
, coll. P.T. Aneesh on
<date id="274476CBFF9F3C73FB2BE96FFACAF8AC" box="[1177,1331,1821,1846]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" value="2017-04-22">22 April 2017</date>
(C
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FAE6E96CFAA4F8AC" bold="true" box="[1364,1373,1821,1846]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">-</emphasis>
7151/ 2); 1 ♀,
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, ovig., Ayyikkara fish landing centre, 11°51'N, 75°22'E, Malabar Coast of Kerala, India from
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9F3C73FF25E914FD44F8E4" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[151,701,1893,1918]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FF25E914FE0DF8E4" box="[151,500,1893,1918]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
(Hemiramphidae)
</taxonomicName>
coll. P.T. Aneesh &amp; A.K. Helna on
<date id="274476CBFF9F3C73FBF7E917FB1FF8E4" box="[1093,1254,1894,1918]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" value="2017-08-08">8 August 2017</date>
(C-7152/2).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1BE00380FF9F3C76FF75E9F8FE65FB31" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="392" pageId="2" pageNumber="387" type="description">
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FF75E9F8FEA0F838" bold="true" box="[199,345,1929,1954]" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9F3C73FED7E9F8FDF1F838" box="[357,520,1929,1954]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="387">Female. Body</emphasis>
symmetrical, about 2.42.8 times as long as wide, widest at pereonite 56. Cephalon longer than wide, anterior margin rounded; eyes with facets not much developed and indistinct. All coxae visible in dorsal view, 24, produced into rounded processes, not exceeding beyond posterior margin of pereonites; coxae 57 longer than the anterior and the posterior margin acute, extending beyond posterior of pereonites. Pereonites 1 and 56 longest, 24 subequal; pereonite 7 slightly shorter than 6; posterior angles of pereonites 15 not produced; postero-lateral angles of pereonite 6 reduced and 7 produced posteriorly as a pointed process. Pereonites 56 widest and slightly wider than pereonite 7. Pleonites all visible, pleonite 1 shortest, pleonite 5 longest and widest, pleonies 24 subequal; Ventro-lateral margins of pleonites 12 posteriorly directed and acute, extending beyond the pleonite 5; pleonites 35 lateral margins weakly acute. Pleotelson 1.1 times as wide as long, lateral margins convex.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF9E3C72FF25EA2EFE00FB0E" blockId="3.[151,1435,1119,1172]" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9E3C72FF25EA2EFEEBFBEF" bold="true" box="[151,274,1119,1141]" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9E3C72FEAAEA2EFE33FBEC" box="[280,458,1119,1142]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
Pillai, 1954
</taxonomicName>
, Female neotype (28 mm, ovig.) (MNHN-IU-2009-1937). A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, cephalon.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF9E3C72FF25E9C8FCC3F874" blockId="3.[151,1436,1977,2030]" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9E3C72FF25E9C8FEEEF855" bold="true" box="[151,279,1977,1999]" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9E3C72FE93E9C8FDA4F855" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[289,605,1977,1999]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="3" pageNumber="388" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9E3C72FE93E9C8FE2EF855" box="[289,471,1977,1999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
Pillai, 1954
</taxonomicName>
, from
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9E3C72FD15E9CBFB1CF855" authority="(Richardson)" authorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[679,1253,1977,1999]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Parexocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="388" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachypterus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9E3C72FD15E9CBFC46F855" box="[679,959,1977,1999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="388">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
(Richardson) (Exocoetidae)
</taxonomicName>
, female (26 mm, ovig.) (C-7151/2). A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF25EBA8FD9CF9D1" blockId="4.[151,1436,1497,1611]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FF25EBA8FEEFFA75" bold="true" box="[151,278,1497,1519]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF993C75FE93EBA8FDA4FA75" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[289,605,1497,1519]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="389" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FE93EBA8FE2EFA75" box="[289,471,1497,1519]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
Pillai, 1954
</taxonomicName>
, from
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF993C75FD15EBABFB1CFA75" authority="(Richardson)" authorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[679,1253,1497,1519]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Parexocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="389" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachypterus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FD15EBABFC46FA75" box="[679,959,1497,1519]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
(Richardson) (Exocoetidae)
</taxonomicName>
, female (26 mm, ovig.) (C-7151/2). A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, cephalon; E, antennula; F, antenna; G, mandible; H, mandible palp apical segment; I, maxillula; J, maxilla; K, maxilliped of non-ovigerous female; L, maxilliped of ovigerous female; M, distal segment of maxilliped palp.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF75E806FDDEF92F" blockId="4.[151,1437,1655,2005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FF75E806FEC3F90A" box="[199,314,1655,1680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Antennula</emphasis>
distinctly stouter than antenna, 8 articled, distal margin of articles 57 with cluster of esthetes, article 8 with 46 terminal esthetes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF75E8B1FEB3F966" blockId="4.[151,1437,1655,2005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FF75E8B1FED2F94D" box="[199,299,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Antenna,</emphasis>
1011 articled, decreasing gradually in width, article 710 with distal setae and article 2 and 3 with 3 elongated setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF75E976FF33F8DE" blockId="4.[151,1437,1655,2005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FF75E976FECAF8BA" box="[199,307,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Mandible</emphasis>
palp, article 1 longest and widest and article 3 with 45 marginal setae and one long apical recurved seta.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF75E93EFD1DF8F2" blockId="4.[151,1437,1655,2005]" box="[199,740,1871,1896]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FF75E93EFECDF8F2" box="[199,308,1871,1896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Maxillula</emphasis>
with 4 apical spines slightly recurved.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF75E905FBFEF817" blockId="4.[151,1437,1655,2005]" box="[199,1031,1908,1933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
Bi-lobed
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FE82E905FE7DF817" box="[304,388,1908,1933]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">maxilla</emphasis>
with 2 spines on median lobe and 1 spine on lateral lobe.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF993C75FF75E9E6FE2BF84E" blockId="4.[151,1437,1655,2005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF993C75FF75E9E6FEB8F82A" box="[199,321,1943,1968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="389">Maxilliped</emphasis>
with oostegial lobe with many plumose setae and a palp with 2 apical and one lateral small recurved spines on article 3.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF983C74FF25EBA8FA9CF994" blockId="5.[151,1436,1497,1550]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FF25EBA8FEEEFA75" bold="true" box="[151,279,1497,1519]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF983C74FE93EBA8FDA4FA75" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[289,605,1497,1519]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="390" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FE93EBA8FE2EFA75" box="[289,471,1497,1519]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
Pillai, 1954
</taxonomicName>
, from
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF983C74FD15EBABFB1CFA75" authority="(Richardson)" authorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[679,1253,1497,1519]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Parexocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="390" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachypterus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FD15EBABFC46FA75" box="[679,959,1497,1519]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
(Richardson) (Exocoetidae)
</taxonomicName>
, female (26 mm, ovig.) (C-7151/2). AG, pereopods 17; H, brood pouch; IM, pleopods 15; N, uropods and pleotelson; O, uropod rami.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF983C74FF75E844FC80F9E8" blockId="5.[151,1437,1589,2010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FF75E844FEC7F9D4" box="[199,318,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Pereopods</emphasis>
gradually increase in size from 1 to 7.
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FD5EE844FC9AF9D4" box="[748,867,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Pereopods</emphasis>
16 without marginal robust setae, dactylus longer than propodus; propodus of
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FE61E828FDC5F9E8" box="[467,572,1625,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">pereopod</emphasis>
7 with 57 marginal spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF983C74FF75E80CFC90F898" blockId="5.[151,1437,1589,2010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FF75E80CFED6F90C" box="[199,303,1661,1686]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Pleopods</emphasis>
not distinctly visible in dorsal view; pleopod 12, endopod without lobes, protopod medial margin of pleopod 1 with few plumose setae.
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FD96E8D0FD78F920" box="[548,641,1697,1722]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Pleopod</emphasis>
2 with appendix masculina about half the length of endopod; endopod of pleopod 3 with a single lobe, 4 with 23 lobes and pleopod 5 with several lobes and several large folds. Proximo-medial lobe of pleopod 3-5 well-developed and folded.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF983C74FF75E97CFF57F8F4" blockId="5.[151,1437,1589,2010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FF75E97CFEE4F8BC" box="[199,285,1805,1830]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Uropod</emphasis>
rami slender, tapering and sub-linear exopod and endopod, exopod about two times longer than endopod. Endopod extending scarcely beyond the posterior margin of pleotelson and exopod extending far beyond it.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF983C74FF75E908FB54F82C" blockId="5.[151,1437,1589,2010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FF75E908FEA1F808" box="[199,344,1913,1938]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Brood pouch</emphasis>
with 4 pairs of overlapping oostegites arising from the bases of pereopods 2, 3, 4 and 6. Number of eggs or larvae per brood pouch ranges from 130 to 300 according to the size of the female.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF983C74FF75E9B0FB47F843" blockId="5.[151,1437,1589,2010]" box="[199,1214,1985,2010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF983C74FF75E9B0FF07F840" bold="true" box="[199,254,1985,2010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="390">Size.</emphasis>
Ovigerous female (1628; avg.
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), non-ovigerous female (1326; avg.
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF9B3C77FF25EA72FB80FBCC" blockId="6.[151,1436,1027,1110]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9B3C77FF25EA72FEECFB83" bold="true" box="[151,277,1027,1049]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9B3C77FEACEA72FE04FB83" box="[286,509,1027,1049]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">Nerocila madrasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by Ramakrishna &amp; Ramaniah (1978); AE, female, holotype (C-1680/2), FJ, female, paratype(C-1681/2). A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, cephalon; E, posterior region, F, dorsolateral view; G, ventral view; H, dorsal view of female (partially molted); I, cephalon; J, posterior region.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="5345500BFF9B3C77FF25E9EDFC94F86A" blockId="6.[151,1437,1948,2032]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9B3C77FF25E9EDFEEAF828" bold="true" box="[151,275,1948,1970]" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9B3C77FEA8E9EDFDB2F828" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[282,587,1948,1970]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="391" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9B3C77FEA8E9EDFE35F828" box="[282,460,1948,1970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
Pillai, 1954
</taxonomicName>
, collected from
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9B3C77FD42E9EDFBC3F828" box="[752,1082,1948,1970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9B3C77FD42E9EDFBCFF828" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[752,1078,1948,1970]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="391" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
female (26 mm, ovig.)(C-7152/2). AE, alcohol preserved, A, dorsal view: B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, posterior region: E, anterior region, F, dorsal view, live/fresh color; GH, live on host fish
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9B3C77FD96E9ABFC9EF86A" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[548,871,2010,2032]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="391" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9B3C77FD96E9ABFC9EF86A" box="[548,871,2010,2032]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="391">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="07850083FF9A3C76FF25EA47FAE0FBF1" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1118058/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" targetBox="[359,1228,222,1049]" targetPageId="7">
<paragraph id="5345500BFF9A3C76FF25EA47FAE0FBF1" blockId="7.[151,1437,1078,1131]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF25EA47FEEAFBD6" bold="true" box="[151,275,1078,1100]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FEA9EA47FDB4FBD6" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[283,589,1078,1101]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FEA9EA47FE37FBD7" box="[283,462,1078,1101]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
Pillai, 1954
</taxonomicName>
, collected from
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FD46EA47FBC1FBD6" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[756,1080,1078,1100]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FD46EA47FBC1FBD6" box="[756,1080,1078,1100]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
female (26 mm, ovig.)(C-7152/2). A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view; D, cephalon; E, antennula; F, antenna; G, uropods and pleotelson.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF9A3C76FF75EAE3FE65FB31" blockId="7.[151,1436,1170,2023]" box="[199,412,1170,1195]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF75EAE3FED9FB31" bold="true" box="[199,288,1170,1195]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Colour.</emphasis>
Steel blue.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1BE00380FF9A3C76FF75EAC7FDE9FAA1" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="5345500BFF9A3C76FF75EAC7FDE9FAA1" blockId="7.[151,1436,1170,2023]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF75EAC7FEFFFB55" bold="true" box="[199,262,1206,1231]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Host.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FEA2EAC7FCF3FB55" authorityName="Munro" authorityYear="1964" box="[272,778,1206,1231]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Scombridae" genus="Scomberomorus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multiradiatus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FEA2EAC7FD9EFB55" box="[272,615,1206,1231]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Scomberomorus multiradiatus</emphasis>
(Scombridae)
</taxonomicName>
(may be from gut contents);
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FBD4EAC6FA65FB55" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[1126,1436,1206,1231]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Parexocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachypterus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FBD4EAC6FA65FB55" box="[1126,1436,1206,1231]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FF78EAADFDB5FB69" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[202,588,1242,1267]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Exocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="volitans">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF78EAADFE59FB69" box="[202,416,1242,1267]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Exocoetus volitans</emphasis>
(Exocoetidae)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FDE9EAABFD00FB69" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1816" box="[603,761,1242,1267]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Hemiramphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FDE9EAABFD00FB69" box="[603,761,1242,1267]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Hemiramphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. and
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FCD0EAABFA62FB69" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[866,1435,1242,1267]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FCD0EAABFB33FB69" box="[866,1226,1242,1267]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
(Hemiramphidae)
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FF2CEA8FFEDBFA8D" author="Pillai" box="[158,290,1278,1303]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Pillai, N. K. (1954) A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, 3 (series C), 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="1954">Pillai 1954</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FE80EA8FFD52FA8D" author="Ramakrishna" box="[306,683,1278,1303]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Ramakrishna, G. &amp; Venkataramaniah, P. (1978) A new cymothoid of the Genus Nerocila from Madras. Bulletin of zoological Survey of India, 1 (2), 177 - 180." type="journal article" year="1978">Ramakrishna &amp; Ramaniah 1978</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FD0EEA8EFBC1FA8D" author="Bruce" box="[700,1080,1278,1303]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Bruce, N. L. &amp; Harrison-Nelson, E. B. (1988) New records of fish parasitic marine Isopod Crustaceans (Cymothoidae, subfamily Anilocrinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of Biological Society of Washington, 101, 585 - 602." type="journal article" year="1988">Bruce &amp; Harrisson-Nelson 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FBFAEA8FFA61FA8D" author="Sivasubramanian" box="[1096,1432,1278,1303]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Sivasubramanian, K., Ravichandran, S., Rameshkumar, G. &amp; Allayie, S. A. (2011) Infestation of Exocoetusvolitans (Linnaeus, 1758), a new host of Nerocilaexocoeti (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae). Scientia Parasitologica, 12, 99 - 101" type="journal article" year="2011">
Sivasubramanian
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FAA7EA8EFAABFA8D" box="[1301,1362,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
; Trilles
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF54EB55FEE7FAA1" box="[230,286,1314,1339]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">et al.</emphasis>
2013;
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FEDEEB53FDFDFAA1" author="Aneesh" box="[364,516,1314,1339]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Aneesh, P. T. (2014) Studies on parasitic crustaceans infesting the fishes of Malabar Coast. PhD Thesis, Kannur University, 147 pp." type="book" year="2014">Aneesh 2014</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1BE00380FF9A3C76FF75EB37FDC0FA51" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5345500BFF9A3C76FF75EB37FDC0FA51" blockId="7.[151,1436,1170,2023]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF75EB37FE99FAC5" bold="true" box="[199,352,1350,1375]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Distribution.</emphasis>
Trivandrum (
<collectingRegion id="913E9EE9FF9A3C76FDBFEB37FDA5FAC5" box="[525,604,1350,1375]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Kerala</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="2BED109BFF9A3C76FDC3EB37FD55FAC5" box="[625,684,1350,1375]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">India</collectingCountry>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FD7EEB37FCACFAC5" author="Pillai" box="[716,853,1350,1375]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Pillai, N. K. (1954) A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, 3 (series C), 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="1954">Pillai 1954</bibRefCitation>
); Madras (
<collectingRegion id="913E9EE9FF9A3C76FC6CEB37FB88FAC5" box="[990,1137,1350,1375]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="2BED109BFF9A3C76FB37EB37FB39FAC5" box="[1157,1216,1350,1375]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">India</collectingCountry>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FB52EB37FE06FA19" author="Ramakrishna" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Ramakrishna, G. &amp; Venkataramaniah, P. (1978) A new cymothoid of the Genus Nerocila from Madras. Bulletin of zoological Survey of India, 1 (2), 177 - 180." type="journal article" year="1978">Ramakrishna &amp; Ramaniah 1978; present study</bibRefCitation>
);
<collectingCountry id="2BED109BFF9A3C76FDAAEB1AFD04FA19" box="[536,765,1386,1411]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<collectingRegion id="913E9EE9FF9A3C76FDAAEB1AFDA4FA18" box="[536,605,1387,1410]" country="Indonesia" name="Papua Barat" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Papua</collectingRegion>
New Guinea
</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="2BED109BFF9A3C76FCBCEB1BFC82FA19" box="[782,891,1386,1411]" name="Indonesia" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
and from
<collectingCountry id="2BED109BFF9A3C76FC4CEB1BFBA9FA19" box="[1022,1104,1386,1411]" name="Taiwan" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FBD6EB1AFF2AFA3D" author="Bruce" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Bruce, N. L. &amp; Harrison-Nelson, E. B. (1988) New records of fish parasitic marine Isopod Crustaceans (Cymothoidae, subfamily Anilocrinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of Biological Society of Washington, 101, 585 - 602." type="journal article" year="1988">Bruce &amp; Harrisson-Nelson 1988</bibRefCitation>
); Parangipettai, Southeastern coast of
<collectingCountry id="2BED109BFF9A3C76FDCCEBFFFD41FA3D" box="[638,696,1422,1447]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">India</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FD74EBFFFBF1FA3D" author="Sivasubramanian" box="[710,1032,1422,1447]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Sivasubramanian, K., Ravichandran, S., Rameshkumar, G. &amp; Allayie, S. A. (2011) Infestation of Exocoetusvolitans (Linnaeus, 1758), a new host of Nerocilaexocoeti (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae). Scientia Parasitologica, 12, 99 - 101" type="journal article" year="2011">
Sivasubramanian
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FC3DEBFEFC31FA3D" box="[911,968,1422,1447]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
; Trilles
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FBD1EBFEFB62FA3D" box="[1123,1179,1422,1447]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">et al.</emphasis>
2013); Malabar Coast,
<collectingRegion id="913E9EE9FF9A3C76FF25EBC3FF1BFA51" box="[151,226,1458,1483]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Kerala</collectingRegion>
(
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF9A3C76FF42EBC3FDD5FA51" author="Aneesh" box="[240,556,1458,1483]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" refString="Aneesh, P. T. (2014) Studies on parasitic crustaceans infesting the fishes of Malabar Coast. PhD Thesis, Kannur University, 147 pp." type="book" year="2014">Aneesh 2014; present study</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1BE00380FF9A3C79FF75EBA7FA92FF62" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="393" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="5345500BFF9A3C76FF75EBA7FC95F8A9" blockId="7.[151,1436,1170,2023]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF75EBA7FEC2FA75" bold="true" box="[199,315,1494,1519]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FEF1EBA7FDF3FA74" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[323,522,1494,1519]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FEF1EBA7FDF3FA74" box="[323,522,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be easily distinguished from the other known species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FA89EBA7FA65FA75" authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1818" box="[1339,1436,1494,1519]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FA89EBA7FA65FA75" box="[1339,1436,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Nerocila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following characters: short coxae, postero-lateral angles of the first five pereonites not posteriorly produced, those of 67 reduced, cephalon sub-quadrate with anterior border straight; first antenna composed of eight articles and endopod of uropod half the size of exopod.
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FD7AE833FC69F9C1" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[712,912,1602,1627]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FD7AE833FC69F9C1" box="[712,912,1602,1627]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits oligoxenous host specificity towards beloniform fishes;
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FEC8E816FD4DF9E5" box="[378,692,1638,1663]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FD48E816FB7CF9E5" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[762,1157,1638,1663]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Exocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="volitans">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FD48E816FC2CF9E5" box="[762,981,1638,1663]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Exocoetus volitans</emphasis>
(Exocoetidae)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FB25E817FACCF9E5" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1816" box="[1175,1333,1638,1663]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Hemiramphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FB25E817FACCF9E5" box="[1175,1333,1638,1663]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Hemiramphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. and
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FF25E8FBFD32F939" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[151,715,1674,1699]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF25E8FBFE05F939" box="[151,508,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
(Hemiramphidae)
</taxonomicName>
are the identified hosts for the species. So far, only
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FAAFE8FDFA65F939" box="[1309,1436,1676,1699]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">N. exocoeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF75E8DEFEBCF95D" box="[199,325,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">N. trichiuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been collected from fishes belonging to the family
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FC75E8DFFBABF95D" authorityName="Risso" authorityYear="1827" box="[967,1106,1710,1735]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Exocoetidae</taxonomicName>
and both of these species are readily distinguished from each other. In
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FDD7E8A5FD1DF971" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[613,740,1748,1771]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FDD7E8A5FD1DF971" box="[613,740,1748,1771]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">N. exocoeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the uropods are much longer, exopod and endopod extending far beyond the distal margin of pleotelson. In
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FD25E886FCECF895" box="[663,789,1782,1807]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichiuri">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FD25E886FCECF895" box="[663,789,1782,1807]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">N. trichiuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the coxae and postero-lateral angles of pereonites bluntly rounded and the live specimens of
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FDAFE96DFD62F8A9" box="[541,667,1818,1843]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichiuri">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FDAFE96DFD62F8A9" box="[541,667,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">N. trichiuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are pale in colour.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5345500BFF9A3C79FF75E94EFA92FF62" blockId="7.[151,1436,1170,2023]" lastBlockId="8.[151,1435,151,248]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="393" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
In conclusion, the present study re-described the species based on the
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collected from exocoetid host,
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FF25E915FE2DF8E1" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[151,468,1890,1915]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Parexocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachypterus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF25E915FE2DF8E1" box="[151,468,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and also compared the material collected from hemiramphid hosts; such as
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FF25E9F7FECFF805" box="[151,310,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Hemiramphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. and
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FE27E9F7FD02F805" authorityName="Collette" authorityYear="1976" box="[405,763,1926,1951]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Hemiramphidae" genus="Rhynchorhamphus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabaricus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FE27E9F7FD02F805" box="[405,763,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and also thoroughly examined the
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materials (
<typeStatus id="8C41EEA9FF9A3C76FA8AE9F7FA65F805" box="[1336,1436,1926,1951]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
and two
<typeStatus id="8C41EEA9FF9A3C76FF4CE9DAFE92F859" box="[254,363,1963,1987]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
) of
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FE2DE9DBFD67F859" box="[415,670,1962,1987]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF9A3C76FE2DE9DBFD62F859" authorityName="Ramakrishna &amp; Ramaniah" authorityYear="1978" box="[415,667,1962,1987]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="392" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madrasensis">Nerocila madrasensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
All morphological characters of
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FB91E9DBFB12F859" box="[1059,1259,1962,1987]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected from hemiramphid host (
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FEC1E9BFFD21F87D" box="[371,728,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Rhynchorhamphus malabaricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the
<typeStatus id="8C41EEA9FF9A3C76FCF1E9BEFC8AF87D" box="[835,883,1999,2023]" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">type</typeStatus>
material of
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF9A3C76FC4FE9BFFB08F87D" box="[1021,1265,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="392">Nerocila madrasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected from
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF953C79FF25EEE6FECFFF2A" box="[151,310,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Hemiramphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. showed substantial similarity to
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF953C79FD67EEE6FC62FF2A" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[725,923,151,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="393" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF953C79FD67EEE6FC62FF2A" box="[725,923,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected from exocoetid host (
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF953C79FAB6EEE8FED2FF4F" baseAuthorityName="Richardson" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Actinopterygii" family="Exocoetidae" genus="Parexocoetus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Beloniformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="393" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachypterus">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF953C79FAB6EEE8FED2FF4F" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Parexocoetus brachypterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The present study clearly states that the
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<emphasis id="618E8C19FF953C79FCAEEECDFBEAFF4F" box="[796,1043,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Nerocila madrasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described from Madras sea shore waters, by Ramakrishna &amp;Ramaniah, (1978) should be treated as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="94FA2B88FF953C79FBA4EEAEFA91FF62" authority="Pillai, 1954" authorityName="Pillai" authorityYear="1954" box="[1046,1384,223,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Nerocila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isopoda" pageId="8" pageNumber="393" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exocoeti">
<emphasis id="618E8C19FF953C79FBA4EEAEFB22FF62" box="[1046,1243,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="393">Nerocila exocoeti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="376B2DFAFF953C79FB51EEAEFA91FF62" author="Pillai" box="[1251,1384,223,248]" pageId="8" pageNumber="393" refString="Pillai, N. K. (1954) A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, 3 (series C), 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="1954">Pillai, 1954</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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