Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Hydrozoa-an ectocommensal in a penaeid prawn

Volume 33 Issue 1&2

K.S. Sriraman S. Ajmalkhan, N. Ramanathan and R. Natarajan

Abstract

Occurrence of an ectocommensal hydroid Hydractinia sp. on the carapace of the penaeid prawn Parapenaeopsis maxillipedo is reported. The mechanism of relationship between the host and commensal is also explained.

Date : 31-12-1991

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