An Updated Systematic List of Isopod Fauna of India

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Authors

  • M. K. Dev Roy
     Zoological Survey of India, Crustacea Section, 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016 ,IN

Keywords:

Isopod Fauna, Updated Inventory, India, Introduced Species.

Abstract

An inventory of isopod fauna of India comprising of 311 species belonging to 133 genera, 38 families and 8 suborders, representing about 2.8% of the total isopod fauna of the world, has been prepared and communicated. It includes 10 introduced species which have established in Indian coasts. Among 8 suborders, the suborder Cymothoidea represents 55% of the recorded species in India, followed by Oniscidea (27%). At the family level, Bopyridae belonging to the suborder Cymothoidea represents the highest number of species (53), followed by Cymothoidae (52) of the same suborder.

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Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2012

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