First record of Caligus mutabilis (Copepoda: Caligidae), in sea-farmed Mycteroperca microlepis (Perciformes: Serranidae) in Brazil.
Sea lice (copepods) are widespread pathogens in marine teleost cultivation around the world. The sea louse Caligus mutabilis Wilson, 1905, is recorded here for the first time in sea-farmed gag grouper, Mycteroperca microlepis, in Brazil.
Núcleo de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento do Litoral Norte, Instituto de Pesca, Ubatuba, SP, Brasil.
Eduardo Gomes
EG
Sanches
Claudia Ehlers
CE
Kerber
Fabiano
F
Paschoal
José Luis
JL
Luque
D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D033342:Copepoda / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009792:Oceans and Seas