Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae)
Hadfield, Kerry A., Bruce, Niel, and Smit, Nico J. (2011) Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae). Zootaxa, 2876. pp. 57-68.
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Abstract
Cymothoa hermani sp. nov., a buccal fish-parasitic isopod is described from off Unguja Island, Zanzibar, from the buccal cavity of the marbled parrotfish, Leptoscarus vaigiensis. Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. is characterised by the unique bulbous ornamentation on pereonite 1, anterolateral angles on pereonite 1 rounded and produced past frontal margin of cephalon, and pereopods with long and slender dactyli. There are no other species of Cymothoa known from parrotfishes. This description increases the number of known Cymothoa from the southwestern Indian Ocean to four.
| Item ID: | 21308 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 |
| Keywords: | Leptoscarus vaigiensis, fish parasites, Africa, Indian Ocean, Cymothoidae, Cymothoa, buccal cavity |
| Additional Information: | Paid Open Access article. |
| Funders: | National Research Foundation (project FA2005022500012) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2012 01:21 |
| FoR Codes: | 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0603 Evolutionary Biology > 060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960808 Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100% |
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