Chondracanthid copepods parasitic on flatfishes of Kerala, India

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ho, Ju-Shey, Kim, Il-Hoi, Kumar, A. Biju (2000): Chondracanthid copepods parasitic on flatfishes of Kerala, India. Journal of Natural History 34 (5): 709-735, DOI: 10.1080/002229300299372, URL: dx.doi.org/10.1080/002229300299372 Eight species of chondracanthid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) were recovered from nine species of flatfishes collected in Kerala, India.

They are: Acanthochondria zebriae sp. nov. from Zebrias synaturoides; Bactrochondria papilla gen. et sp. nov. from Cynoglossus dubius; B. hoi (Pillai, 1985) from C. lida; Heterochondria pillai Ho, 1970 from C. lida, Pseudorhombus arsius, P. elevatus, P. javanicus and P. triocellatus; H. petila sp. nov. from P. arsius, P. javanicus and P. triocellatus; H. similis (Yü and Wu, 1932) from C. azureus; and both Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1868) and P. trilobatus (Pillai, 1964) from Psettodes erumi.