Redescription of <i>Ceratothoa carinata</i> (Bianconi, 1869) and <i>Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena</i> Koelbel, 1878 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), buccal-attaching fish parasites new to Australia

MELISSA B. MARTIN; NIEL L. BRUCE; BARBARA F. NOWAK

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.4

Issue: Vol. 3683 No. 4: 5 Jul. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-07-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.4

Page range: 395–410

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Redescription of Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) and Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), buccal-attaching fish parasites new to Australia

MELISSA B. MARTIN⁺⁻
NIEL L. BRUCE⁺⁻
BARBARA F. NOWAK⁺⁻

Crustacea Isopoda Cymothoidae taxonomy Ceratothoa Selar crumenophthalmus Dentex spariformis fish parasites Australia

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Abstract

Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) and Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878 are recorded for the first time from Australia and redescribed. Ceratothoa curvicauda Nunomura, 2006 is synonymised with Ceratothoa carinata. Brief ac-counts are given on the distribution and hosts of these species.