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Two new species of parasitic copepods (Crustacea) on two immigrant rabbitfishes (Family Siganidae) from the Red Sea

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Two new species of parasitic copepods, one from each of the families Hatschekiidae and Bomolochidae, are reported from two immigrant species of rabbitfishes (Family Siganidae), both of which originated from the Red Sea but are now established in the Mediterranean. The descriptions of Hatschekia siganicola n. sp. and Nothobomolochus neomediterraneus n. sp. are based on material of both sexes obtained from the gills of Siganus luridus Rüppell and S. rivulatus Forsskål, respectively, caught in Egyptian Mediterranean waters off the Alexandrian coast.

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharram Bey, Alexandria, Egypt

    H. H. El-Rashidy

  2. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

    G. A. Boxshall

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El-Rashidy, H.H., Boxshall, G.A. Two new species of parasitic copepods (Crustacea) on two immigrant rabbitfishes (Family Siganidae) from the Red Sea. Syst Parasitol 79, 175–193 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-011-9298-7

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