The Blue Spot Mullet Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775) a New Host for the Crustacean Parasite Cymothoa indica
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Ali B. Al-Zubaidy , Department of Biology, Zabid Education College, Hodeidah University, Yemen.
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Furhan T. Mhaisen , Tegnervägen 6B, 641 36 Katrineholm, Sweden.
The cymothoid isopod Cymothoa indica Schioedte and Meinert, 1884 is recorded here for the first time in the present study from the blue spot mullet Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775) from the Yemeni coastal waters of the Red Sea. A total of 46 out of 115 fishes were infected with mature male and female isopods. The parasites are distinguishable from the other species of the genus Cymothoa principally by having a poorly developed amphicephalic process, oblong body, pyriform cephalon and presence of well-developed lobe on ischium of pereopod VII. The parasites were found in the buccal and the branchial cavities of the infected fishes. In addition to the infection parameters, some observations on other infection aspects and site specificity were also discussed.
Isopoda, Cymothoa indica, Moolgarda seheli, Red Sea, Yemen
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