Of the 95 known families of Isopoda only a few are parasitic namely, Bopyridae,
Cryptoniscidae, Cymothoidae, Dajidae, Entoniscidae, Gnathiidae and Tridentellidae …

Here we provide a checklist of the crustacean species parasitizing both marine and
freshwater fishes from Brazil. We list a total of 134 species of parasitic crustaceans …

Kelp forests define> 8000km of temperate coastline across southern Australia, where~ 70%
of Australians live, work and recreate. Despite this, public and political awareness of the …

The World Register of Marine Species is an over 90% complete open-access inventory of all
marine species names. Here we illustrate the scale of the problems with species names …

Aim Kelp forests throughout temperate regions of the world serve as foundation species that
play a critical role in sustaining the health and function of marine ecosystems but are …

Biogenic sedimentary structures, or traces, on the modern seafloor (neoichnology) record
organism behaviors in response to physico-chemical conditions; consequently, they, act as …

As one of the oldest branches of biology, taxonomy deals with the identification,
classification and naming of living organisms, using a variety of tools to explore traits at the …

Crustaceans have independently adopted a parasitic mode of life on numerous occasions,
and this chapter reviews the classification and species richness of each of the parasitic …

Despite that aquatic parasite diversity and abundance likely surpasses that of terrestrial
parasites, our understanding of aquatic parasites lags far behind our knowledge of terrestrial …

Parasites can account for a substantial proportion of the biomass in marine communities. As
such, parasites play a significant ecological role in ecosystem functioning via host …