Abstract

ROMAN-CONTRERAS, Ramiro  and  MARTINEZ-MAYEN, Mario. New records of epicaridean parasites (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Mexico, and southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2011, vol.82, n.4, pp.1145-1153. ISSN 2007-8706.

Anathelges hyptius (Thompson, 1902), Parabopyrella mortenseni (Nierstrasz et Brender á Brandis, 1929) and Metaphrixus carolii Nierstrasz et Brender á Brandis, 1931, are new records for Mexico. Bopyrione synalphei Bourdon and Markham, 1980, Bopyrinella thorii (Richardson, 1904), Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879), and Probopyrus bithynis Richardson, 1904, are reported for the first time in Laguna de Terminos, Campeche. With the addition of new registered to a former list the number up approximately to 23 species in the Mexican Atlantic, and 42 species for Mexico. Alpheus viridari (Armstrong, 1949) and Synalpheus apioceros Coutière, 1909 are recorded as new hosts for Parabopyrella mortenseni and Bopyrione synalphei, respectively.

Keywords : crustacean parasites; epicarideans; SW Gulf of Mexico.

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