Morphological and molecular assessment of Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818, and Anilocra alloceraea Koelbel, 1878 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Egyptian waters

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Table 2 Parasitological indices of cymothoid species at the different marine localities of Egypt

Parasitic species	Locality	Host species	NEF	NIF	Prevalence		MI
Parasitic species	Locality	Host species	NEF	NIF	P. No	(%)	MI
Livoneca redmanii	Mediterranean Sea	Dicentrarchus labrax	234	23	30	9.8	1.3
		Mugil cephalus	231	7	8	3.0	1.1
		Pomatomus saltatrix	160	14	18	8.8	1.3
		Scomberornorus commerson	210	57	95	27.1	1.7
		Umbrina cirrosa	145	17	23	11.7	1.4
	Qarun Lake	Tilapia zilli	549	104	135	22.03	1.3
		Mugil cephalus	576	269	302	56.9	1.1
		Solea solea	487	99	110	20.98	1.1
Anilocra alloceraea	Mediterranean	Sardina pilchardus	357	82	139	23.0	1.7

NEF No. of examined fish, NIF No. of infested fish, MI mean intensity, P parasitic numbers