<i>Nerocila phaiopleura</i> (Isopoda: Cymothoidae): a new record from Ibaraki Prefecture, central Japan, with a discussion of its distribution in Japanese waters

Ceratothoa carinata (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Japanese scad Decapterus maruadsi in coastal waters of the western North Pacific off central-western Japan

The Japanese scad, Decapterus maruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843), is a commercially important carangid fish caught in coastal waters of the Indo-West Pacific (Froese & Pauly, 2016; FAO FishFinder, 2016). This species occurs in waters around central-western Japan (Senou, 2013) and is known to be infected by the cymothoid isopod Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) in the western North Pacific ...

Myripristis murdjan (Beryciformes: Holocentridae) a new host record for Cymothoa indica (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae)

Myripristis murdjan, the Pinecone soldierfish, is a common coral-reef species usually found in shallow lagoons and seaward reefs, is nocturnal, and feeds mainly on larger animals of the zooplankton. It is widely distributed from the Red Sea, including the gulf of oman and east of africa, to oceania, being one of the important commercial species in Egyptian markets. In aquatic systems parasites ...

Short Communication: Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes, Serranidae ) a new host record for Nerocila orbigyni (Guérin-Mèneville, 1832) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae)

Short Communication: Serranus cabrilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes, Serranidae ) a new host record for Nerocila orbigyni (Guérin-Mèneville, 1832) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae)

A new species of Microcharon from marine interstitial waters, Shizuoka, Japan (Isopoda, Lepidocharontidae)

A new species of Microcharon Karaman, 1934 (Asellota: Lepidocharontidae) is described from Miho-Uchihama beach, Shizuoka, Japan. Microcharon tanakaisp. n. differs from its congeners by having nine simple, five penicillate setae on antennal article 6; one simple distal seta on article 1 of the mandibular palp and having the apical lobe of male pleopod 1 convex, rounded, armed with seven setae. A...