Of the 95 known families of Isopoda only a few are parasitic namely, Bopyridae,
Cryptoniscidae, Cymothoidae, Dajidae, Entoniscidae, Gnathiidae and Tridentellidae …

The parasitic isopod family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 of the India exclusive economic zone
is reviewed. A total of 56 nominal species corresponding to 48 valid species belonging to …

Despite that aquatic parasite diversity and abundance likely surpasses that of terrestrial
parasites, our understanding of aquatic parasites lags far behind our knowledge of terrestrial …

A fish parasitic isopod recently reported from India as Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857,
was re-examined and morphologically compared to five closely related species: A. capensis …

The present study reports two poorly known buccal-attaching fish-parasitic cymothoids,
Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) and Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979, from Indian …

Fish parasites from the isopod family Cymothoidae have, in recent years, received increased
global attention due to both their ecological and economic importance. This is particularly …

Lake Qarun is one of the oldest lakes in the world, a prehistoric lake, from the era of the
pharaohs. It started as a freshwater lake and nowadays changed to become a saline lake …

Due to the difficulty in accurately identifying cymothoids, these parasitic isopods are often
incorrectly named or confused with other species. Within the genus Ceratothoa, a number of …

The genus Joryma is here revised, with a description of a new species collected from the
host Escualosa thoracata (Clupeidae) off the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea. Joryma …

Background Parasite attachment structures are critical traits that influence effective host
exploitation and survival. Morphology of attachment structures can reinforce host specificity …