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Vol. 101 Washington : 1951 No. 3280 



PARASITIC CRUSTACEA FROM BIMINI, BAHAMAS 



By A. S. Pearse 



This paper deals with the parasitic copepods, isopods, and barn- 

 acles collected from fishes and crustaceans during a month's work 

 (October 13 to November 15, 1948) at the Lerner Marine Lab- 

 oratory of the American Museum of Natural History at Bimini, 

 Bahama Islands. In all, 368 fishes of 73 species were examined. 

 Of these, 171 individuals (46 percent) of 23 species (31 percent) 

 yielded 290 parasitic copepods, and 140 individuals of 50 species 

 carried none. Of the crustaceans that might be expected to harbor 

 copepods, 10 species were examined; 504 individuals of 4 species 

 harbored 67 copepods, and 129 individuals of 6 species carried 

 none. 



Recorded or described herein are 34 species, 17 of which appear 

 to be new. My thanks are due to Dr. C. M. Breder, director of the 

 Lerner Laboratory, and to the resident staff, for the opportunity 

 of making this study, for the facilities furnished, and for help in 

 collecting. I am grateful also to the staff of the United States Na- 

 tional Museum, who permitted me to examine Pilsbry's (1907) 

 types of Octolasmis geryonophila and O. americanum. Paul L. Illg 

 examined the copepod specimens with me and helped me look up 

 rare literature. 



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