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Agarna cumulus 173<br />

Fish host Cymothoid parasite Site of attachment<br />

Orthopristis ruber<br />

Paranthias Jurcifer<br />

Phaeoptyx conklini<br />

Phaeoptyx pigmentaria<br />

Pogonias cromis<br />

Pomacentrus partitas<br />

Priacanthus arenatus<br />

Scomberomorus cavalla<br />

Scomberomorus maculatus<br />

Scomberomorus regalis<br />

Selar crumenophthalmus<br />

Serranus tigrinus<br />

Sphoeroides maculatus<br />

Synodus foetens<br />

Anilocra haemuli<br />

Anilocra haemuli<br />

Mothocya bohlkeorum<br />

Mothocya bohlkeorum<br />

Nerocila acuminata<br />

Anilocra partiti<br />

Cymothoa oestrum<br />

Lironeca redmanni<br />

Lironeca redmanni<br />

Lironeca redmanni<br />

Cymothoa oestrum<br />

Renocila bowmani<br />

Renocila waldneri<br />

Nerocila acuminata<br />

Cymothoa excisa<br />

Agarna Schioedte and Meinert, 1883<br />

beneath eye<br />

beneath eye<br />

in gill chamber<br />

in gill chamber<br />

on or at base of fin<br />

beneath eye<br />

inside nouth<br />

in gill chamber<br />

in gill chamber<br />

in gill chamber<br />

inside mouth<br />

next to dorsal fin<br />

next to dorsal fin<br />

on or at base of fin<br />

inside mouth<br />

DIAGNOSIS Cephalon with posterior margin not trilobed; immersed in per-<br />

eonite 1. Antennular bases contiguous. Pereonites 4-7 on one side flattened<br />

and expanded; coxal plates of pereopods 4-7 also expanded and flattened<br />

but generally hidden by lateral expansion of pereonites. Bases of posterior<br />

three pereopods with well-formed carinae. Pleonites 1 and 2 immersed in<br />

pereonite 7; pleonites 2-5 with free fingerlike lateral margins.<br />

Agarna cumulus (Haller, 1880)<br />

Figure 79<br />

DIAGNOSIS 9 18 mm. Eyes present, indistinct. Pereon strongly "humped"<br />

dorsally. Uropod about { fo length of pleotelson; uropodal exopod slightly<br />

longer, and twice width of endopod. Pleotelson triangular, length 3 A basal<br />

width, apex rounded.<br />

RECORDS No host recorded: Key West, Florida.

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