Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae)
Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae)
KERRY A. HADFIELD 1NIEL L. BRUCE 2NICO J. SMIT3
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作者信息
1. Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
2. Museum of Tropical Queensland, Queensland Museum and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University 70—102 Flinders Street, Townsville, Australia 4810
3. School of Environmental Sciences and Development, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520 South Africa
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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 ce-phalon, and pereopods with long and slender dactyli. There are no other species of Cymothoa known from parrotfishes. This description increases thenumber of known Cymothoa from the southwestern Indian Ocean to four.
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