Abstract
Seven cymothoid species are identified in parasitological studies conducted in the Dardanelles Strait between May 2018- May 2020. The Cymothoids identified are as follows: Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851, Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816), Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1840, Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826), Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828), Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & Meinert, 1883, Emetha audouini (H. Milne Edwards, 1840). A. frontalis and C. italica are found for the first time from Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 and Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) respectively. Although several reports of these parasites have been given from Turkey, the morphological characters of three species have not been given. The drawings, descriptions of the mouthparts, pereopods, and pleopods of N. bivittata, A. frontalis, C. italica are given in this study.
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