625; 1911, pp. 354-387, pi. 48, figs. 102-108, pi. 

 49, figs. 109-115, 118-120; 1913, p. 200; 1932, 

 pp. 379-380, fig. 243 (a,b). Bere, 1936, p. 582. 

 Heegaard, 1947, pi. 25, fig. 195. Sewell, 1949, p. 

 157. Carvalho, 1951, p. 136. Pear.se, 1952, p. 

 191. Causey, 1955, p. 3. Vervoort, 1962, pp. 

 93-95. Yamaguti, 1963, p. 43, pi. 47, figs. 

 l(a-k). 



Tucca corpulentus Wilson, 1911, pp. 358-359, 

 pi. 49, figs. 116, 117, pi. 50, figs. 121-127; 1932, 

 pp. 380-381, fig. 235 (a.b). Heegaard, 1947, pi. 

 25, fig. 194. Sewell, 1949, p. 157. Veervoort, 

 1962, pp. 95-96. Yamaguti, 1963, p. 43, pi. 46, 

 fig. l(a-g). 



Material Examined 



Two immature adult females from caudal fins 

 of 2 CkUnmyctcrus schoepfi. caught in mullet 

 seine, at Alligator Harbor, Fla., March 1965; 7 

 ovigerous females, 3 immature adult females, 

 and 1 copepodid from fins of three C. schoepfi, 

 caught in gill net, at Panacea, Fla., May 14, 

 1965; 44 ovigerous females, 9 immature adult 

 females, and 2 copepodids taken from 14 C. 

 schoepfi, caught in shrimp trawl, off Cape San 

 Bias, Fla., May 16, 1965; 6 ovigerous females 

 on dorsal and pectoral fins of 2 C. schoepfi, 

 caught in shrimp trawl, off Carrabelle, Fla., 

 July 18, 1965; 9 ovigerous females from fins 

 and body surface of C. schoepfi, caught in 

 shrimp trawl by R/V Oregon, off St. Simons 

 Island, Ga., November 17, 1965. 



In addition to the above collections, I 

 examined the following 16 collections in the 

 USNM (the host names for USNM 38619, 

 38628, 47748, and 74375 are here changed from 

 C. geometricus to C. schoepfi) : 



6090 — 3 adult females "from exterior surface of 

 rouRh swellfish, P. Stewart's pound," Woods 

 Hole, Mass., July 26, 1882. 



38369 — 3 adult females and 3 immature adult females 

 from fins of C. schoepfi, collected in Louisi- 

 ana by M. H. Spauldinp, August 10, 1907. 



38625 — 8 adult females and 3 immature adult fe- 

 males from fins of C. schoepfi, collected at 

 Beaufort, N.C., in 1904. 



38627 — 8 adult females from pectoral fins of C. 

 schoepfi, collected at Beaufort, N.C., in 1905. 



38628 — 11 adult females from pectoral fins of C. 

 schoepfi, collected at Beaufort, N.C., in 1902. 



42251 — 7 adult females from fins of C. antennatus 

 (Cuvier), collected at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 

 June 22, 1910. 



42264 — 5 adult females from pectoral fins of Diodon 

 hystrix Linnaeus, collected at Montego Bay, 

 Jamaica, June 22, 1910. 



42265 — 2 immature adult females from pectoral fins 

 of Spheroidcs »iar»u>ratt(S (Ranzani), col- 

 lected at Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 20, 

 1910. 



42269 — 1 deformed immature female on fin of S. 

 marmoratus, collected at Montego Bay, 

 Jamaica, September 15, 1910. 



42273 — 57 adult females, 1 immature adult female, 

 and 1 copepodid from fins of C. atitennatus, 

 collected at Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 15, 

 1910. 



47748 — 19 adult females from C. schoepfi, collected 

 at Morehead City, N.C., April 7, 1891. 



53525—5 adult females from Beaufort, N.C. (no 

 host or date given). 



74375 — 7 adult females on fins of C. schoepfi, collect- 

 ed at Beaufort, N.C, August 1905. 



79089 — 2 adult females under pectoral fin of C. 

 spitiosus (Linnaeus), collected at Lemon Bay, 

 Fla., in 1934-35. 



The following two collections from USNM are labeled 



as Tiicca corpulentus: 



38619— "Type," 2 adult females (1 decapitated) 

 from fins of C. schoepfi, collected at Woods 

 Hole, Mass., in 1887 (see Remarks). 



79595 — 3 adult females on gill of S. maculatus 

 (Bloch and Schneider), collected at Woods 

 Hole, Mass., by G. A. Maccallum (no date 

 given; see Remarks). 



Distribution 



See table 1. 



Table 1. — Hosts and distribution of Tucca impressus ' 



Host 



Family 

 Tetraodontidae 



Spheroides 



maculatus. 

 S. marmoratus 



Family 

 Dlodontldae 



Diodon hystrix. 



Ctiilomyctfrus 



antennatus. 



C\ schoepfi 



Locality 



C. spinosus.. 



Woods IIolc, Mas.s 



Montego Bay, Jamaica, 



Danish West Indies 



-Montego Hay, Jamaica. 

 Montego Bay, Jamaica. 



Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Beaufort, N.C 



Louisiana 



Moreliead City, N.C... 



Beaufort, N.C 



Sao I*auIo, Brazil 



Alligator Harlior, Fla... 



rascagoula. .Miss 



Panacea, Fla 



Cape San Bias, Fla 



Carral)elle, Fla 



St. Simons Island. Ga... 

 Lemon Bay, Fla 



Collection of 



USNM 6090-. 



USN.M 422fi5. 

 USNM 42269. 



Authority 



USNM 

 USNM 

 USN.M 

 USNM 

 US.NM 

 USNM 

 USNM 

 USN.M 

 USNM 

 USNM 



422f)4. 

 422.'il . 

 42273. 

 38fil(l. 

 3862.'!. 

 3sr,'.!7. 



3SfV_'H 



3H3li9. 

 47748. 

 74375. 



Author. 



do.. 



do... 



do.. 



do... 



USNM 



Wilson (?) 



Uo. (1913) 

 Do. (1913) 



Kr0ver (1837) 

 Wilson (1913) 

 Do. (1913) 

 Do. (1913) 

 Do. (1911) 

 Do. (1911) 

 Iin. (1911) 

 Do. (lull) 

 Do. (71 

 Do. (?) 

 Do. (?) 

 Carvalho (1951) 

 I'earse (19.52) 

 Causey (1955) 

 Present paper 

 Do. paper 

 Do. paper 

 Do. pajier 

 Bere (1936) 



' Nordmann's record of Tucca impressus from the west coast of Africa is 

 excluded, because of its uncertain identification. USNM 53525 Is also not 

 Included because the host was not Identified. 



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