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Review of the fish–parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa

dc.contributor.authorHadfield, Kerry A.
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Nico J.
dc.contributor.authorBruce, Niel L.
dc.contributor.researchID21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-05T09:11:06Z
dc.date.available2016-04-05T09:11:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 is revised for southwestern Indian Ocean waters. Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 and C. eremita Brünnich, 1783 are redescribed. Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880, from Mauritius lacks type material and the host is unknown, therefore it is here relegated to nomen dubium. Cymothoa sodwana sp. nov., from Trachinotus botla (Carangidae), collected from the Kwazulu-Natal coast of South Africa, is described and is distinguished by the large, ovoid, hunched body with rugose dorsal surfaces; the anterolateral angles of pereonite 1 are narrow and rounded reaching half the length of the cephalon; the ischium of pereopod 7 has a large protrusion and pereonite 7 which laterally overlaps the pleon margins, extending posteriorly to the pleotelsonen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.mapress.com/j/zt/
dc.description.urihttp://mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03640p176f.pdf
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.2
dc.identifier.citationHadfield, K.A. et al. 2013. Review of the fish–parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa. Zootaxa, 3640(2):152-176. [http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.issn1175-5334 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/16856
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMagnolia Pressen_US
dc.subjectBuccal cavityen_US
dc.subjectfish parasiteen_US
dc.subjectIndian Oceanen_US
dc.subjectredescriptionen_US
dc.subjectCymothoa sodwanaen_US
dc.titleReview of the fish–parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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