NEW HOST RECORD FOR Livoneca redmanni (LEACH, 1818) (ISOPODA: CYMOTHOIDAE) IN THE BRAZILIAN COASTAL WATERS WITH ASPECTS OF HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION*

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 ...

Observation on an isopod parasitizing the edible fish Parastromateus niger in the Parangipettai coast of India.

Cymothoidae are big parasites on fishes and often they are host specific. This study reports that in India, the Black pomfret (Parastromateus niger), a highly edible marine fish belonging to the family Carangidae, is the type host of Cymothoa eremita (Isopoda, Cymothoidae). Among one hundred and sixty fish examined from April to July, 2010 in Parangipettai coastal waters, only three female spec...

Global diversity of fish parasitic isopod crustaceans of the family Cymothoidae

Of the 95 known families of Isopoda only a few are parasitic namely, Bopyridae, Cryptoniscidae, Cymothoidae, Dajidae, Entoniscidae, Gnathiidae and Tridentellidae. Representatives from the family Cymothoidae are obligate parasites of both marine and freshwater fishes and there are currently 40 recognised cymothoid genera worldwide. These isopods are large (>6 mm) parasites, thus easy to observe ...