MBAI - The Marine Biological Association of India

Diseases of chaetognaths from the Arabian Sea.

Volume 34 Issue 1&2

V. Santhakumari

Abstract

Three different diseases, provisionally assigned as spot disease, swell disease and tail tot disease, were observed in chaetognaths Sagitta enflata Qaasiand S.bedotti Bernaneck. The first two diseases showed high percentage of occurrence. The spot disease is caused by fungi and the tail disease is by bacteria. The cause of swell disease is not yet known. The present report on the disease of chaetognaths is recorded for the first time from the Arabian Sea.

Date : 31-10-1992

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