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Issue: Vol. 2876 No. 1: 12 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2876.1.6
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 104
PDF downloaded: 52

Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae)

Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa Museum of Tropical Queensland, Queensland Museum and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University; 70–102 Flinders Street, Townsville, Australia 4810
Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa Current address: School of Environmental Sciences and Development, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520 South Africa
Crustacea Leptoscarus vaigiensis fish parasites Africa Indian Ocean Cymothoidae Cymothoa buccal cavity

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.

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