The discovery of Lepeophtheirus lichiae Barnard, 1948 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on leerfish, Lichia amia (Linnaeus) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Abstract:

:Lepeophtheirus lichiae Barnard, 1948 (Copepoda: Caligidae), a very rare and poorly known sea louse, is redescribed based on a single newly collected female. The specimen was collected from the dorsal body surface of the leerfish, Lichia amia (Linnaeus) caught in north-eastern Mediterranean waters off the Turkish coast. The original and only available description of L. lichiae was incomplete and with only three illustrations: the dorsal view of the female habitus, the sternal furca, and the postantennal process. Here, we present a full re-description of female of L. lichiae and report it from the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Sakarya Y,Özak AA,Boxshall GA

doi

10.1007/s11230-019-09874-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-01 00:00:00

pages

603-616

issue

7

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

pii

10.1007/s11230-019-09874-8

journal_volume

96

pub_type

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