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

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dc.contributor.authorSmit, Nicholas Jacobus
dc.contributor.authorHadfield, Kerry A.
dc.contributor.authorBruce, Neil L.
dc.contributor.researchID21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-04T08:19:55Z
dc.date.available2013-02-04T08:19:55Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractCymothoa 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHadfield, K.A. et al. 2011. Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae). Zootaxa, 2876:57-68. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.issn1175-5334 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/8056
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMagnolia Pressen_US
dc.subjectLeptoscarus vaigiensisen_US
dc.subjectfish parasitesen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectIndian oceanen_US
dc.subjectCymothoidaeen_US
dc.subjectCymothoaen_US
dc.subjectbuccal cavityen_US
dc.titleCymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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