@article {8652, title = {Host-parasite relationships: Occurrence and effect of the parasitic isopod Mothocya epimerica on sand smelt Atherina boyeri in the Mesolongi and Etolikon Lagoons (W. 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Greece). Prevalence varied during the year from 12.5\% in November to 52.5\% in September; overall mean prevalence was 41.9\%. Parasite size increased with host size. Infections did not have a significant effect on the host{\textquoteright}s body condition, such as length-weight relationship, gonadosomatic index, hepatosomatic index and relative condition factor. Histological damage to the host was observed on the gills (especially in the second and third and arches upon which the female parasite rests her abdomen). The physiological cost resulting from this infection seems to be little and probably does not constitute a serious threat for individual host survival.}, keywords = {Atherina boyeri, Atherinidae, Crustacea Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Host-parasite relationships, Isopoda, Mothocya epimerica, parasite, Pisces}, author = {Leonardos, I. and Trilles, J.-P.} } @article {8653, title = {Reproduction of Mothocya epimerica (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), parasitic on the sand smelt Atherina boyeri (Osteichthyes: Atherinidae) in Greek lagoons}, journal = {Diseases of Aquatic OrganismsDiseases of Aquatic Organisms}, volume = {62}, number = {3}, year = {2004}, note = {Export Date: 5 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Bamber, R., Henderson, P.A., Pre-adaptative plasticity in atherinids and the estuarine seat of the teleost evolution (1988) J Fish Biol, 33, pp. 17-23; Bello, G., Vaglio, A., Piscitelli, G., The reproductive cycle of Mothocya epimerica (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) a parasite of the sand smelt, Atherina boyeri (Osteichthyes: Atherinidae), in the Lesina Lagoon, Italy (1997) J Nat Hist, 31, pp. 1055-1066; Bruce, N.L., Revision of the isopod crustacean genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Cymothoidae: Flabellifera), parasitic on marine fishes (1986) J Nat Hist, 20, pp. 1089-1192; Brusca, R.C., A monograph on the Isopoda Cymothoidae (Crustacea) of the eastern Pacific (1981) Zool J Linn Soc, 73, pp. 117-199; Colorni, A., Trilles, J.P., Golani, D., Livoneca sp. 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The parasite shows an extensive reproductive period. Gravid females were found between April and November, and juveniles between May and December. M. epimerica grew allometrically (slopes of the total weight-total length regressions were >3). Females were significantly heavier than males. The relationship between number of eggs or mancas larvae (F) and total length (TL) was investigated in gravid female parasites in which the marsupium was still closed; the relationship was clearly curvilinear: F = 0.128TL 3.18. The number of eggs or mancas larvae held in the marsupia of females increased proportionally with female length, varying from 39 in an isopod of 6.3 mm length to 158 in one of 8.5 mm length. The average number of eggs or mancas larvae was 76.70 {\textpm} 27.8.}, keywords = {Atherina boyeri, Cymothoidae, Isopoda, Lagoons reproduction, Mothocya epimerica, parasites, Pisces}, author = {Leonardos, I. and Trilles, J.-P.} }