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Caligus minimus (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on the gills of a remora Echeneis naucrates attached to a seabass Dicentrarchus labrax in Köycegiz-Dalyan lagoon lake, Aegean Sea, Turkey

Abstract

The paper describes a parasitic copepod Caligus minimus found on the gill rakers of a remora Echeneis naucrates attached to a seabass Dicentrarchus labrax in the brackish Köyceğiz-Dalyan Lagoon Lake on the shore of the South Aegean Sea, Turkey. Morphological characters of the female copepod are provided and illustrated. The occurrence of this parasitic copepod species on a remora host and the association between this remora species and seabass in a brackish lagoon constitute new records. The present study elevates to four the Caligus species found on E. naucrates so far. We suggest two mutually non-exclusive scenarios for the occurrence of E. naucrates on D. labrax in brackish environments.

Bibliographic citation

Oktener, A.; Sazima, I. (2021). Caligus minimus (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on the gills of a remora Echeneis naucrates attached to a seabass Dicentrarchus labrax in Köycegiz-Dalyan lagoon lake, Aegean Sea, Turkey. Ann., Ser. Hist. Nat. 31(1): 159-164. https://dx.doi.org/10.19233/ASHN.2021.19

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