New host findings of two parasitic isopods (Flabellifera: Cymothoidae) found on some fish caught in the Dardanelles Strait (Çanakkale, Turkey)

Abstract

Seven cymothoid species are identified in parasitological studies conducted in the Dardanelles Strait between May 2018- May 2020. The Cymothoids identified are as follows: Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851, Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816), Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1840, Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826), Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828), Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & Meinert, 1883, Emetha audouini (H. Milne Edwards, 1840). A. frontalis and C. italica are found for the first time from Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 and Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) respectively. Although several reports of these parasites have been given from Turkey, the morphological characters of three species have not been given. The drawings, descriptions of the mouthparts, pereopods, and pleopods of N. bivittata, A. frontalis, C. italica are given in this study.

Keywords

• Turkey
• cymothoid
• Dardanelles Strait
• Anilocra
• Ceratothoa
• Nerocila

Çanakkale Boğazı’ nda (Çanakkale, Türkiye) yakalanan bazı balıklarda bulunan iki parazitik izopod türünün (Flabellifera: Cymothoidae) yeni konak bulguları

Abstract

Çanakkale Boğazı’ nda yedi cymothoid türü Mayıs 2018- Mayıs 2020 tarihleri arasında teşhis edilmiştir. Teşhis edilen parazit türleri şunlardır: Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851, Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816), Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1840, Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & Meinert, 1883, Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828), Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826), Emetha audouini (H. Milne Edwards, 1840). A. frontalis ve C. italica sırasıyla ilk kez eşkina balığından, Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 ve kupez balığından, Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) bulunmuştur. Türkiye’ de her ne kadar bu parazitlerin çeşitli raporları verilmekle birlikte, üç türün morfolojik karakterleri verilmemiştir. Bu çalışmada N. bivittata, A. frontalis, C. italica’ nın ağız parçaları, pereopod ve pleopodlarının tanımlamaları ve çizimleri verilmiştir.

Keywords

• Türkiye
• cymothoid
• çanakkale boğazı
• Anilocra
• Ceratothoa
• Nerocila

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