Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978

Hadfield, Kerry A., Bruce, Niel L. & Smit, Nico J., 2013, Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa, Zootaxa 3640 (2), pp. 152-176 : 164

Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978

Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978: 32 –33, pl. 2; 1981: 1160–1167; 1990: 32–42, figs. 1–6; Trilles, 1979: 254–265, pl. 1, fig. 8; 1986: 627, tab 1; 1994: 149; 2008: 23; Kensley, 2001: 233.

Remarks. Cymothoa selari is most readily identified by the acute anterolateral margins of pereonite 1; the free cephalon (anterolateral projections not touching the cephalon); the rounded rostrum; short uropods; and large carina on the basis of pereopod 7. Avdeev (1978) described C. selari from the Red Sea, comparing it to the South American species C. ianuarii and C. brasiliensis .

Cymothoa selari was subsequently recorded from Madagascar but without specific data or illustrations (Trilles 2008). This record increases the geographical range of this species substantially. We were unable to locate or obtain type material for this species during the course of this study for a redescription or comparison to Trilles’ (2008) material.

Hosts. Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) (previously as Caranx crumenophthalmus ) (see Avdeev 1978; Trilles 1979).

Distribution. Known from the Red Sea (Avdeev 1978; Trilles 1979) and Madagascar (Trilles 2008).