^°- ^"^ INDIAN OCEAN COPEPODS — CRESSET 3 



Pseudopandarus gracilis Kiitesinghe, 1950 



Collections: From 1 specimen of Scoliodon palasormh (Bleeker) 

 from Nosy Be; from 1 specimen of Scoliodon species at station 412. 

 Habitat: Body surface and fins. 



Pseudopandarus longus (Gnanamuthu, 1951) 



Collections: From 7 specimens of Rhizoprionodon species at station 

 402 (Beira Harbor) ; from 2 specimens of Carcharinus tjutjot at the 

 same location; from 1 specimen of Carcharinus obesus and Rhizopri- 

 onodon acutus both from Durban. 



Habitat: Body surface. 



This copepod was origmaUy assigned to the genus Pandarus by 

 Gnanamuthu, but I have placed it in the genus Pseudopandarus. A 

 discussion of this species together with my reasons for the change can 

 be found in my paper (1966b) revising the Pandaridae. 



Cangliopus pyriformis Gerstaecker, 1854 



CoUections: From 2 specimens of Prionace glauca at stations 292 

 and 295; from 3 specimens of Alopias vulpinus at stations 106, 109, and 

 115. 



Habitat: Gill filaments. 



Phyllothereus cornutus (Milne- Edwards, 1840) 



CoUections: From 2 specimens of Prionace glauca at stations 292 

 and 306. 

 Habitat: Gill filaments. 



Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup and Liitken, 1861 



Collections: From 1 specimen of Carcharinus tjutjot at station 402; 

 from 1 specimen of Mustelus species, from 1 specimen of Carcharinus 

 obscurus, from 1 specimen of Carcharinus leucas, all from Durban. 



Habitat : Caudal fin and right clasper. 



Echthrogaleus coleoptratus (Guerin, 1837) 



CoUections: From 5 specimens of Prionace glauca at stations 131, 

 132, 306, and 309; from 2 specimens of Lamna species (mackerel 

 shark) at stations 132 and 309. 



Habitat: Body surface. 



Echthrogaleus denticulatus Smith, 1874 



CoUections: From 3 specimens of Alopias mdpinus at stations 106, 

 109 110, 115, 288, and 289; from 2 specimens of Isurus oxyrinchus 

 Kafinesque at stations 106, 108, 123, and 282. 



Habitat: Body surface, sometimes in large clusters around vent of 

 female. 



