The discovery of Lepeophtheirus lichiae Barnard, 1948 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on leerfish, Lichia amia (Linnaeus) in the Mediterranean Sea
SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY, vol.96, no.7, pp.603-616, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 96 Issue: 7
- Publication Date: 2019
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s11230-019-09874-8
- Journal Name: SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.603-616
- Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Lepeophtheirus lichiae Barnard, 1948 (Copepoda: Caligidae), a very rare and poorly known sea louse, is redescribed based on a single newly collected female. The specimen was collected from the dorsal body surface of the leerfish, Lichia amia (Linnaeus) caught in north-eastern Mediterranean waters off the Turkish coast. The original and only available description of L. lichiae was incomplete and with only three illustrations: the dorsal view of the female habitus, the sternal furca, and the postantennal process. Here, we present a full re-description of female of L. lichiae and report it from the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.