Table 4.

Accession numbers of COI sequences used in the molecular analysis of cymothoids. All Ceratothoa species infect the buccal cavity of their fish host, whereas individuals of Anilocra clupei infect the body surface of the fish. Species previously reported as hosts of Cyclocotyla bellones or as hosts for crustaceans bearing the latter are in bold. S, Sparidae. M, Moronidae. C, Carangidae. Cl, Clupeidae. *, new sequences.

Parasite species	Host species	Origin	GenBank	Source
Ceratothoa parallela	Boops boops (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Algeria)	MZ127227*	Present study
Ceratothoa parallela	Boops boops (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Algeria)	MZ127219*	Present study
Ceratothoa parallela	Boops boops (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Algeria)	MZ127225*	Present study
Ceratothoa collaris	Lithognathus mormyrus (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Tyrrhenian Sea)	EF455816	[41]
Ceratothoa sp.	Dentex gibbous (S)	Atlantic Ocean (West Africa)	LC159551	[33]
Ceratothoa oestroides	Sparus aurata (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic).	GQ240266	[58]
Ceratothoa oestroides	Sparus aurata (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic)	GQ240267	[58]
Ceratothoa oestroides	Boops boops (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic)	GQ240272	[58]
Ceratothoa oestroides	Boops boops (S)	Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic)	GQ240273	[58]
Ceratothoa oestroides	Dicentrarchus labrax (M)	Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic)	GQ240276	[58]
Ceratothoa oestroides	Dicentrarchus labrax (M)	Mediterranean Sea (Adriatic)	GQ240277	[58]
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena	Dentex hypselosomus (S)	Pacific Ocean (Japan)	LC159545	[33]
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena	Dentex abei (S)	Pacific Ocean (Japan)	LC160310	[33]
Ceratothoa verrucosa	Pagrus major (S)	Pacific Ocean (Japan)	LC159556	[33]
Ceratothoa verrucosa	Evynnis tumifrons (S)	Pacific Ocean (Japan)	LC160317	[33]
Anilocra clupei	Sardinella zunasi (C)	Pacific Ocean (Japan)	LC159540	[33]
Anilocra clupei	Etrumeus micropus (Cl)	Pacific Ocean (Japan)	LC160309	[33]