What is it about?
About 30 years ago, lionfish was introduced into the Western Atlantic. Now, local parasites have been using lionfish as a new host. An isopod, which has shown main preference to snappers, is first recorded having lionfish as a new host.
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Why is it important?
Relatively few isopod species have shown preference for the invasive lionfish. Our finding show that Cymothoa excisa has found in lionfish a new viable host. Now, it would be necessary to calculate the prevalence of this isopod in lionfish.
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This page is a summary of: First record of the snapper-choking isopod Cymothoa excisa (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing invasive lionfish Pterois volitans (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae), Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, September 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315417001576.
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