Parasitic Crustacea

Chapter 1. Introduction .- Chapter 2. History of Discovery of Parasitic Crustacea .- Chapter 3. Biodiversity and Taxonomy of the Parasitic Crustacea .- Chapter 4. Adaptations and Types of Crustacean Symbiotic Associations .- Chapter 5. Life Cycle and Life History Strategies of Parasitic Crustacea .- Chapter 6. Effects of Parasitic Crustacea on Hosts .- Chapter 7. Parasitic Crustacea as Vectors .- Chapter 8. Hypersymbionts and Hyperparasites of Parasitic Crustacea .- Chapter 9. Unravelling the Evolutions of the Rhizocephala: A Case study for Molecular Based Phylogeny in the Parasitic Crustacea .- Chapter 10. The Ecological Significance of Parasitic Crustaceans .

Prof Nico Smit is a Professor in Ecology and Director of Research of the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa. Nico's research focuses on the biodiversity, taxonomy and ecology of parasitic Crustacea and blood protozoa of marine and freshwater fishes and he has authored and co-authored more than 135 scientific papers and two edited books on these and other related topics. To date 15 PhD and 28 MSc students have graduated under his supervision. Nico has contributed to the management of national and international academic societies as president of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA), president of the South African Society of Aquatic Scientists (SASAqS) and committee member of the International Symposium on Fish Parasites (ISFP). Recently he has been the first South African aquatic parasitologist to be rated by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) as an internationally acclaimed scientist.

 

Dr Kerry Hadfield is a Senior Lecturer in Zoology at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa and a committee member of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA). Dr Hadfield received her doctoral degree from the University of Johannesburg where she revised several genera and species of cymothoid isopods from South Africa. Her focus has been predominantly on marine parasitic isopods of the families Cymothoidae and Gnathiidae but is now expanding to include most parasitic crustaceans. She is also one of the taxonomic editors for the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and the World List of Marine Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans. Kerry has published more than 20 papers describing one new genus of Isopoda and 15 new species (mostly from Africa). 



Prof Niel Bruce is an extraordinary Professor in Zoology at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South