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Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), Buccal-Attaching Fish Parasites New to Australia Taxonomy and phylogeny of the buccal-attaching Cymothoidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia Melissa Beata Martin Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology (Hons) August 2015 Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies University of Tasmania, Launceston APPROVALS Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Taxonomy and phylogeny of the buccal-attaching Cymothoidae from Australia By Melissa Beata Martin BSc Marine Biology (Hons) Supervisor: _________________________________________________ Professor Barbara F. Nowak ii DECLARATIONS BY THE AUTHOR 1.1 STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for a degree or diploma by the University or any other institution, except by way of background information and duly acknowledged in the thesis, and to the best of the my knowledge and belief no material previously published or written by another person except where due acknowledgement is made in the text of the thesis, nor does the thesis contain any material that infringes copyright. 1.2 STATEMENT OF ACCESS This thesis may be made available for loan and limited copying and communication in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. 7 December 2015 Signed: ____________________ Dated: ________________ (Melissa Beata Martin) iii 1.3 STATEMENT REGARDING PUBLISHED WORK The publishers of the papers 1 to 5 (comprising Chapters 3 to 6) and papers 6 to 8 (first author in paper 6 and co-author in papers 7 and 8 located in Appendix I) hold the copyright for that content, and access to the material should be sought from the respective journals. The remaining non-published content of the thesis may be made available for loan and limited copying and communication in accordance with the above Statement of Access and the Copyright Act 1968. Due to the inclusion of published material, there is unavoidable repetition of material between chapters in this thesis. 7 December 2015 Signed: ____________________ Dated: ________________ (Melissa Beata Martin) iv CO-AUTHORSHIP The following people and institutions contributed to the publication of work undertaken as part of this thesis: Melissa B. Martin (MBM), IMAS, University of Tasmania (candidate) Barbara F. Nowak (BFN), IMAS, University of Tasmania Niel L. Bruce (NLB), MTQ, Queensland Museum We the undersigned agree with the stated proportion of work undertaken for each of the published peer-reviewed manuscripts contributing to this thesis. Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________________ Professor Barbara Nowak Supervisor Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Launceston University of Tasmania Signed: ____________________________ Date: ____________________________ Associate Professor John Purser Deputy Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Launceston University of Tasmania v Author details and their roles: PAPER 1: Located in Chapter 3 Part I Martin, M. B., Bruce, N. L., and Nowak, B. F. (2013) Redescription of Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) and Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), buccal-attaching fish parasites new to Australia. Zootaxa 3683 (4): 395–410. Access to specimens: MBM, NLB Illustrations: MBM Access to old literature: MBM, NLB Primary author and writing of the manuscript: MBM Idea, formalisation, development of the manuscript: MBM, NLB, BFN Refinement and presentation: NLB, BFN PAPER 2: Located in Chapter 3 part II Martin, M. B., Bruce, N. L., and Nowak, B. F. (2014) Review of the fish-parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3963 (3): 251–294. Access to specimens: MBM, NLB, BFN Access to old literature: MBM, NLB Illustrations: MBM Primary author and writing of the manuscript: MBM Idea, formalisation, development of the manuscript: MBM, NLB, BFN Refinement and presentation: NLB, BFN PAPER 3: Located in Chapter 4 Martin, M. B., Bruce, N. L., and Nowak, B. F. (2014) Review of the buccal-attaching fish parasite Glossobius Schiöedte and Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae). Zootaxa 3973 (2): 337–350. Access to specimens: MBM, NLB Illustrations: MBM Access to old literature: MBM, NLB Primary author and writing of the manuscript: MBM Idea, formalisation, development of the manuscript: MBM, NLB, BFN Refinement and presentation: NLB, BFN vi PAPER 4: Located in Chapter 5 Martin, M. B., Bruce, N. L., and Nowak, B. F. (2015) Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. Zootaxa (submitted). Access to specimens: MBM, NLB Illustrations: MBM Access to old literature: MBM, NLB Primary author and writing of the manuscript: MBM Idea, formalisation, development of the manuscript: MBM, NLB, BFN Refinement and presentation: NLB, BFN PAPER 5: Located in Chapter 6 Martin, M. B., Bruce, N. L., and Nowak, B. F. (2014) Smenispa irregularis (Bleeker, 1857) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), a buccal-attaching fish parasite from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 66 (4): 233–240. Access to specimens: MBM, NLB Illustrations: MBM Access to old literature: MBM, NLB Primary author and writing of the manuscript: MBM Idea, formalisation, development of the manuscript: MBM, NLB, BFN Refinement and presentation: NLB, BFN PAPER 6: Located in Appendix Martin, M., Bruce, N., Nowak, B. (2014) Redescription of Ichthyoxenus puhi (Bowman, 1962) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), parasite of moray eel from Mauritius. Crustaceana 87 (6): 654–665. Access to specimens: MBM, NLB Illustrations: MBM Access to old literature: MBM, NLB Primary author and writing of the manuscript: MBM Idea, formalisation, development of the manuscript: MBM, NLB, BFN Refinement and presentation: NLB, BFN vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “God, remind me that with you and the love of my friends, I can overcome all obstacles and finish this race victoriously! I can do all this through Him who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13).” My Ph.D candidature has been a pursuit of unpredictability, self-growth and a deeper appreciation of science. I am also humbled by the support of beautiful people that have helped me endured my journey and made me the scholar I am today. I thank my supervisory team, Prof. Barbara Nowak for her investment, commitment and support throughout my course and Dr Niel Bruce for the many hours of taxonomic and systematic guidance, knowledge and editing of my dissertation. Despite having hectic schedules, they have always been prompt to discuss my queries. Both have provided vital evaluation and have been critical to the completion of this research. My sincere thanks also go out to non-members of the supervisory team, of which without their help and knowledge, this thesis would not have been as comprehensive. Special thanks to Dr Kerry Hadfield and Prof Nico Smit (North West University, South Africa) for providing valuable literature of cymothoid isopods and Dr Nathan Bott and Dr Esmaeil Shahsavari (RMIT, Bundoora) who were immensely helpful with all sorts of DNA extraction methods for archival cymothoid samples and DNA alignment. I acknowledge all funding organizations during the course of my research, which include the University of Tasmania for the “Graduate Research Travel and Conference Fund” to attend a molecular mining workshop in University of Cape Town, South Africa and “The Tasmanian Graduate Research Scholarship” for additional postgraduate allowance; The Australian Society for Parasitology for “The Research Travel and Training Award” to RMIT Bundoora for molecular training and “Student Travel Grant” to conferences in Cairns (2011), Launceston (2012), Perth (2013) and Canberra (2014); the Australian Museum for “The Geddes Postgraduate Award” to access their cymothoid and fish collections in Sydney; the Public Service Department of Malaysia for providing me my Ph.D scholarship and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu for my student study loan and leave. I would love to address my gratitude to all the museum staff of which this thesis would not be possible without the access to their cymothoid collections. I thank Barbara Done and Dr Robyn Cumming (Museum of Tropical Queensland); Dr Robert Adlard and Dr Terrance Miller (Queensland Museum); Dr Stephen Keable, Dr Mark McGrouther and Amanda Hay (Australian Museum); Dr Catherine Young and Dr Simon Grove (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery); Dr Ian Whittington (South Australian Museum); Åse Wilhelmsen (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo); Dr Dworschak Peter (Naturhistorisches Museum); Dr Marina Malyutina (Institute of viii Marine Biology, Vladivostok, Russia). Many keen scientists and enthusiast have helped me provide fresh sampling material for my research, with some going through great lengths of posting and ensuring thorough letters are drafted for Australian customs. I here thank Dr Melanie Leef, Dr Megan Stride, Catarina dos Santos and Dr Victoria Valdenegro (Aquatic Animal Health Group, IMAS), Han Xiao and Jeferson Carneiro (Leibniz Centre for Marine Tropical Ecology, Germany), Wong Pei San (Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity survey of Singapore); Dr Sasekumar and Lee Soon Loong (Museum of Zoology, University Malaya); Rohan Long (Zoology Department, University of Melbourne); and Prof. Carlos Hermosilla from the Institute of Parasitology, University of Giessen. My experimental work would not be made possible without the facilities and training provided by staff from various organizations. I thank Peter McLeod
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