Redescription of Elthusa sinuata (Koelbel, 1879) Comb.Nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) Parasitizing the Red Bandfish in Turkey

• Ahmet Öktener ^[3] ; Jean Paul Trilles ^[1] ; Engin Kocabaş ^[3] ; Haşim İnceoğlu ^[3] ; Ali Alaş ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Montpellier

     University of Montpellier

     Arrondissement of Montpellier, Francia

     
  2. [2] Necmettin Erbakan University

     Necmettin Erbakan University

     Turquía

     
  3. [3] Sheep Research Institute turquia

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• Localización: Thalassas: An international journal of marine sciences, ISSN 0212-5919, Vol. 34, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 333-339
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Livoneca sinuata Koelbel, 1879 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) is known from the Mediterranean Sea. In this study, this species is redescribed and transferred to the genus Elthusa according to the current status of this: body weakly twisted, antennula shorter than antenna, posterior margin of cephalon not trilobed, pleonite 1 slightly narrower than pleonite 2, maxilliped with oostegital lobe and pleopods all lamellar, without lobes or folds. This species was collected on the red bandfish, Cepola macrophthalma, and reported for the first time in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. The species is also photographed for the first time on the host.