Two new species and a new record of Cymothoid Isopods from the Red Sea

Authors
Trilles, JP Colorni, A Golani, D
Citation
Jp. Trilles et al., Two new species and a new record of Cymothoid Isopods from the Red Sea, CAH BIO MAR, 40(1), 1999, pp. 1-14
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE
ISSN journal
00079723 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-9723(1999)40:1<1:TNSAAN>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Two new species of cymothoid isopods, ceratothoa marisrubri sp. nov. and Li voneca papernea sp. nov., are described from the Red Sea coast of Israel an d the Sinai peninsula. A third isopod, Nerocila sigani, is reported again f rom the Gulf of Eilat. A part of the specimens live as parasites on fish ca ught in recent years in the Gulf of Eilat; another part were recovered from the National Fish Collection of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.