We thank Drs Angel Perez Ruzafa and Juan Guillen Nieto(University of Murcia)for aiding our research in Spain.Pablo Del Amor Saavedra and Margaret Carson kindly opened their home to us in Spain,allowing for this research to be completed.Dr John J.McDermott(Franklin and Marshall College)provided helpful comments on a previous draft and Dr Christopher Boyko(Dowling College)provided taxonomic help with the parasitic isopods.The comments from two anonymous reviewers were helpful in the improvement of this work.The support of Hofstra University to the authors is greatly appreciated.
Parasitic isopods(family Bopyridae)and burrowing barnacles(family Trypetesidae)infesting hermit crabs were investigated from shallow subtidal collections made along the southeastern coast of Spain in 2009.A total of 7...