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Ceratothoa collaris (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) new to the eastern Mediterranean, with a redescription and comments on its distribution and host specificity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2008

Michel Bariche*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11–0236, Beirut, Lebanon
Jean-Paul Trilles
Affiliation:
Equipe Adaptation Ecophysiologique et Ontogenèse, UMR 5119 (UM2–IFREMER–CNRS), Université Montpellier2, CC.092, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Michel Bariche Department of Biology Faculty of Arts and SciencesAmerican University of BeirutPO Box 11–0236 BeirutLebanon email: michel.bariche@aub.edu.lb

Abstract

Ceratothoa collaris is reported for the first time outside its known geographical range, which was restricted to north-western African coasts (from Senegal to Tunisia). Many specimens of different developmental stages were collected off the Lebanese coast in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to an update of the geographical range, synonymy and host specificity, an accurate redescription of the species is given on the basis of new and old materials.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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