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Abstract
Three bopyrid isopods of the subfamily Athelginae parasitizing hermit crabs collected in Chinese waters are discussed and described in this paper. Athelges takanoshimensis Ishii, Citation1914 is recorded again from China on Pagurus pectinatus (Stimpson) and from Hong Kong on a new host, Pagurus minutus Hess. Parathelges enoshimensis Shiino, Citation1950 is recorded for the first time from China on a member of the genus Spiropagurus. Pseudostegias setoensis Shiino, Citation1933 is recorded again from Hong Kong but from a new host, Clibanarius virescens Hess, and for the first time from Hainan Province on a new host Calcinus laevimanus (Randall). A combination of light and scanning electron microscopy is used to investigate the morphology of these species and data on their prevalence with hermit crab hosts are provided.
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the Shanxi Province Soft Science Foundation. (No. 2009041034-05) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31101614). Michael Cericola (Hofstra University) aided in the production of the line drawings and scanning electron microscope examination of specimens from Hong Kong. The authors would like to thank Prof. J.Y. Liu (Ruiyu Liu, IOCAS) and Prof. Xinzheng Li (IOCAS) for their guidance in this study. Dr Christopher Boyko (Dowling College) provided helpful comments on a draft of this work. We are indebted to collectors from the China/Vietnam Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey to Beibu Gulf (1959–1960, 1962). The financial support of Hofstra University is greatly appreciated.