Infection of Lophoura edwardsi Kölliker, 1853 (Copepoda: Sphyriidae), on the Hollowsnout Grenadier Coelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810) (Osteichthyes: Macrouridae) in the southeastern Mediterranean

Lophoura edwardsi, a rarely recorded deep-water parasitic copepod, is reported for the first time from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. We document its incidence of infection in hauls made between 20...