Browsing Research Output by Author "Hadfield, Kerry A."
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Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae)
Smit, Nicholas Jacobus; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Neil L. (Magnolia Press, 2011)Cymothoa hermani sp. nov., a buccal fish-parasitic isopod is described from off Unguja Island, Zanzibar, from the buccal cavity of the marbled parrotfish, Leptoscarus vaigiensis. Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. is characterised ... -
Hooked on you: shape of attachment structures in cymothoid isopods reflects parasitic strategy
Baillie, Charles; Welicky, Rachel L.; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Smit, Nico J.; Mariani, Stefano (BMC, 2019)Background Parasite attachment structures are critical traits that influence effective host exploitation and survival. Morphology of attachment structures can reinforce host specificity and niche specialisation, or even ... -
Marine fish parasitology in South Africa: history of discovery and future direction
Smit, Nico J.; Hadfield, Kerry A. (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Almost 200 years have passed since the first description of a marine fish parasite from South Africa. It is therefore an opportune time to look back, take stock of and reflect on the history of discovery within this field ... -
Molecular assessment of three species of Anilocra (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) ectoparasites from Caribbean coral reef fishes, with the description of Anilocra brillae sp. n.
Welicky, Rachel L.; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Sikkel, Paul C.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft, 2017)A morphological review and molecular characterization of Anilocra haemuli Bunkley Williams & Williams, 1981, were completed using specimens collected from Haemulon flavolineatum Desmarest, 1823 (French grunt) and Epinephelus ... -
A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
Bruce, Niel L.; Welicky, Rachel; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft Publishers, 2019)Bambalocra intwala gen. et sp. nov. is described from Sodwana Bay, north-eastern South Africa. The monotypic genus is characterised by the broadly truncate anterior margin of the head with a ventral rostrum, coxae 2–5 ... -
The North-West University (NWU) Zoology centennial special issue
Hadfield, Kerry A. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)This special issue of African Zoology celebrates 100 years of Zoology as a scientific discipline on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU), previously known as the Potchefstroom University College ... -
Review of Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from southern Africa, with the description of a new species
Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Three species of Mothocya are reported from the east coast of southern Africa: Mothocya plagulophora (Haller, 1880) from Maputo, Mozambique, from the gills of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775); Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857) ... -
Review of the fish–parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa
Hadfield, Kerry A.; Smit, Nico J.; Bruce, Niel L. (Magnolia Press, 2013)The genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 is revised for southwestern Indian Ocean waters. Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 and C. eremita Brünnich, 1783 are redescribed. Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880, from ...