The parasite Argathona rhinoceros, Bleekar 1857 is reported for the first time from the East Coast of India, collected from the nasal chamber of the host fish Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775). The samples were collected from fish landing center of Gopalpur coast, Odisha. Prevalence and measurements of isopods are described which can be used as baseline data for further study. The prevalence rate was 51.7

A new species of the amphipod genus Quadrivisio Stebbing, 1907, Quadrivisio chilikensis sp. nov. was collected from the Chilika Lagoon, east coast of India. The species was collected from seaweed Chaetomorpha sp.. The new species can be distinguished from other described species of the genus by the presence of a carina on pleonites and urosome, by the flagellum of antenna 2 being twice the length of peduncle article 5 and by pereopods 6 and 7 being equal in length.