title: Anilocra pilchardi n. sp., a new parasitic cymothoid isopod from off Lebanon (Eastern Mediterranean).
abstract: Anilocra pilchardi n. sp. is described from several specimens collected mainly from clupeiform fishes from off Lebanon. Various stages of the parasite are considered: ovigerous and non-ovigerous females, male and intramarsupial larvae. Taxonomic comments on the relationship of A. pilchardi to other congeneric species are given. A. pilchardi belongs to a particular group of Anilocra species previously known only from the Indo-Pacific Region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Beirut, Lebanon. mb39@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bariche
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Trilles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D033321:Isopoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea