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Records and distribution of Syscenus infelix in the deep Mediterranean (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2003

Brian Kensley
Affiliation:
Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Joan E. Cartes
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona (CSIC), Pg. Marítim de La Barceloneta, 33–47, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The parasitic isopod Syscenusinfelix is recorded from the Mediterranean, based on 19 specimens from a depth range of 375–2071 m. The first ovigerous female of the species is also recorded. Patterns of possible parasitism were suggested based on the depth distribution of S. infelix, and their possible host macrourid fish below 900 m depth in the Catalano-Balearic basin.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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