L. cochinensis Santhakumari & Gopalan, 1980

Lagenophrys cochinensis (nomen nudum) in Santhakumari 1976: 93-94, 96-98; Lagenophrys cochinensis in

Santhakumari & Gopalan 1980: 126; Santhakumari & Nair 1982: 66; Santhakumari & Nair 1985: 220; Clamp

1991: 358; Clamp & Kane 2003: 165; Clamp 2005: 39, 41.

Museum Depositions. USNM. 1075882, 1075907, 1075917, 1075919, 1075922, 1075930, 1075931, 1075932,

1075933.

Habitat. Marine, estuarine.

Distribution. BR: Australian, Ethiopian, Nearctic, Neotropical (Mayén-Estrada & Aguilar-Aguilar 2012).

Cameroon: no locality given.

Cuba: Bahia de Nuevitas, mouth of Saramaguacan River.

India: Kerala, Cochin, Ramanthuruth area (9°58'54.80"N, 76°15'34.25"E); Kerala, Cochin, Cochin Backwater (9°58'52.78"N, 76°15'34.05"E); Southwest coast; Tamil Nadu, Pamban (9°16'11.58"N, 79°13'14.71"E) and Rameswaram (9°17'8.65"N, 79°18'58.22"E); Cochin Backwater, Kayamkulam Lake, Ayiramthengu; Cochin Backwater, Karunagappally (southern region of Kayamkulam Lake); Cochin Backwater, 0.3 km from barmouth, at Neendakara (8°56'23.09"N, 76°32'56.70"E); Cochin, Cochin Backwater, Aroor station (9°53'19.77"N, 76°17'53.83"E); Kerala, north shore of Cochin Harbor, pier in brackish water and from wooden craft; Tamil Nadu (11°7'14.16"N, 78°39'31.33"E); Madras (11°43'19.44"N, 78°3'5.68"E).

Kenya: Mombasa, Port Reitz area, Mwachi R. (4°2'21.99"S, 39°34'1.83"E).

Malaysia: Kedah, Putani, Sungei.

New Zealand: North Island, near Wellington, Pauatahunui, Inlet (41°6'14.68"S, 174°52'4.81"E); South Island, Kenepuru Sound (41°11'54.90"S, 173°57'33.13"E); North Island, Wairoa R. at Hawke’s Bay (39°46'10.97"S, 176°44'3.82"E).

Philippines: Aklan, New Washington, fish pond (11°39'0.24"N, 122°25'40.05"E).

Thailand: Nong Pang, Bangpakong R.

USA: California, Humboldt Co., Humboldt Bay (40°43'10.25"N, 124°14'33.36"W); Alameda Co., Berkeley, Berkeley Marina (37°51'11.23"N, 122°18'28.86"W). Florida, Brevard Co., Grant, Indian River.

Venezuela: Maracaibo Bay (10°33'48.40"N, 71°35'59.40"W).

Hosts. Cameroon: Sphaeroma terebrans Bate (pleopods). Cuba: S. walkeri Stebbing (pleopods). India:

Ctenapseudes chilkensis (Chilton) (cited as Apseudes chilkensis) (mainly on posterior appendages but also on other

parts of the body), S. annandalei Stebbing, S. terebrans (on all parts of body except some mouthparts), S. triste

Heller (posterior appendages and other body areas as pleopods). Kenya: S.terebrans (pleopods). Malaysia: S. triste

(pleopods). New Zealand: S. quoyanum H. Milne-Edwards, Exosphaeroma planulum Hurley and Jansen

(pleopods). Philipinnes: S. terebrans Bate (pleopods). Thailand: Sphaeroma sp. (pleopods). USA: S. quoyanum H.

Milne-Edwards (pleopods and posterior legs), S. terebrans (pleopods). Venezuela: S. terebrans (pleopods).

References. Santhakumari 1976; Santhakumari & Gopalan 1980; Santhakumari & Nair 1982, 1985; Clamp 2006;

Fernandez-Leborans 2009.