Three new host records for the marine fish ectoparasite, <i>Nerocila phaiopleura</i> (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with a list of its known hosts

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)

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 ...

New records and hosts of the Curvularia species in Iran

In present study, eight isolates of the genus Curvularia, recovered from plants of the cowpea, maize and bottlebrush in Khuzestan province, were identified based on molecular phylogeny in combination with morphology. The mycelial biomass of the isolates, produced in potato-dextrose-Broth, were collected by passing through filter papers and freeze-dried. DNA was extracted using a phenol...

Elthusa winstoni sp. n. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a new fish parasitic isopod from Hawaii

The new cymothoid species, Elthusa winstonisp. n., a branchial parasite of fishes from the family Acanthuridae Bonaparte, 1835 in Hawaii, is described and figured. The female adults can be distinguished by the strongly vaulted body and compacted body shape; rostrum with a small median point; short antennae which are close together (only 6 articles in both antennula and antenna); short and wide ...