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27 October 2022 New Host Record for Nerocila fluviatilis (Crustacea, Isopoda) and First Data on Its Abundance and Size, with Updated Geographic Distribution and Hosts
Odile Volonterio, Rodrigo Ponce de León
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Abstract

Nerocila fluviatilis Schiœdte and Meinert 1881 (Isopoda, Cymothoidea, Cymothoidae) is reported for the first time for a new host order of host, Mugil liza Valenciennes, 1836 (Actinopterygii, Mugiliformes, Mugilidae). Fish were collected in a coastal Atlantic lagoon in eastern Uruguay, Laguna de Rocha, and parasites were consistently restricted to the surface of caudal, anal, and paired fins. All stages of N. fluviatilis were found. Data on prevalence (6%), mean intensity of infestation (5.2), and size are provided for the first time for all stages of N. fluviatilis. An updated account of the geographic distribution and hosts of the isopod is given.

Odile Volonterio and Rodrigo Ponce de León "New Host Record for Nerocila fluviatilis (Crustacea, Isopoda) and First Data on Its Abundance and Size, with Updated Geographic Distribution and Hosts," Comparative Parasitology 89(2), 78-81, (27 October 2022). https://doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D-22-00004
Published: 27 October 2022
KEYWORDS
Cymothoidae
fish parasite
Mugil liza
Mugilidae
mullet
Uruguay
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