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Argulus vittatus (Rafinesque-Smaltz, 1814) (Crustacea: Branchiura) parasitic on Algerian fishes

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Eighteen female specimens of Argulus vittatus (Rafinesque-Smaltz, 1814) were recently collected from the Algerian coast. As until now this species was poorly described, this contribution redescribes this species with more precise drawings on the general morphology and appendages, using this fresh material. For the first time, two new hosts are identified. Host specificity and some ecological data are also reported.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the Dr. Danielle DEFAYE (MNHN, Paris, France) who is going to take care of the deposit of the specimen in the museum collection. We also warmly thank the fishermen for their help in getting fish samples. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their time in carefully reviewing our manuscript. We believe that their positive comments substantially improved this article.

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  1. Département de Biologie TCSN, Université A/Mira Faculté des Sciences, Targa Ouzemour, Béjaïa, 06000, Algeria

    Zouhir Ramdane

  2. UMR 5119 (CNRS-UM2-IFREMER-IRD), Equipe Adaptation Ecophysiologique et Ontogenèse, Université de Montpellier 2, CC. 092, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France

    Jean-Paul Trilles

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Ramdane, Z., Trilles, JP. Argulus vittatus (Rafinesque-Smaltz, 1814) (Crustacea: Branchiura) parasitic on Algerian fishes. Parasitol Res 110, 1501–1507 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2654-3

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