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First record of the snapper-choking isopod Cymothoa excisa (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae)

Aguilar-Perera, Alfonso; Williams, Ernest H.; Bunkley-Williams, Lucy; Quijano-Puerto, Luis; Carrillo-Flota, Evelyn (Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)

Two female snapper-choking isopods Cymothoa excisa (body length 11 and 14 mm) were in the buccal cavity of two invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (total length 294 and 301 mm) collected in Alacranes Reef, southern Gulf of ...