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A new species of Sarcotaces (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Philichthyidae) from Antimora rostrata (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Moridae) by Piasecki, Wojciech, Boxshall, Geoffrey A.

“…Parasitic copepods of the genus Sarcotaces occur in galls inside the skeletal musculature of fishes. The gall, hosting a highly metamorphosed drop-shaped…”
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Two new species of the genus Caligus (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from the Sea of Japan, with a note on the establishment of a new species group by Ohtsuka, Susumu, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…Two new species of are described from the Japanese coast of the Sea of Japan. is based on a male specimen found in a plankton sample, whereas was collected…”
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A synthesis tree of the Copepoda: integrating phylogenetic and taxonomic data reveals multiple origins of parasitism by Bernot, James P, Boxshall, Geoffrey A, Crandall, Keith A

“…The Copepoda is a clade of pancrustaceans containing 14,485 species that are extremely varied in their morphology and lifestyle. Not only do copepods dominate…”
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Exploring evolutionary trends within the Pennellidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) using molecular data by Yumura, Nanami, Adachi, Kenta, Nitta, Masato, Kondo, Yusuke, Komeda, Sota, Wakabayashi, Kaori, Fukuchi, Jun, Boxshall, Geoffrey A., Ohtsuka, Susumu

“…The family Pennellidae comprises ecto- and mesoparasitic copepods on marine fishes. Although a preliminary scheme of phylogenetic relationships of pennellids…”
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MicroCT illuminates the unique morphology of Shiinoidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida), an unusual group of fish parasites by Bernot, James P, Boxshall, Geoffrey A, Goetz, Freya E, Phillips, Anna J

“…The copepod family Shiinoidae Cressey, 1975 currently comprises nine species of teleost parasites with unusual morphology and a unique attachment mechanism…”
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The cephalothoracic sucker of sea lice (Crustacea: Copepoda: Caligidae): The functional importance of cuticular membrane ultrastructure by Ohtsuka, Susumu, Nishida, Yusuke, Hirano, Katsushi, Fuji, Taiki, Kaji, Tomonari, Kondo, Yusuke, Komeda, Sota, Tasumi, Satoshi, Koike, Kanae, Boxshall, Geoffrey A.

“…•The fine cuticular structure of the lunules of Caligus likely provides the actuating mechanism.•Cephalothoracic suction is created mainly by strokes of leg 2…”
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Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters by Bernot, James P, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…A 2016 collaborative survey of commercial fish parasites in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia led to the discovery of two new species of parasitic copepods…”
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A New Species of Hyperbenthic Cyclopoid Copepod from Japan: First Record of the Genus Cyclopicina in the Indo-Pacific Region by Ohtsuka, Susumu, Tanaka, Hayato, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…A new species of the cyclopinid genus Cyclopicina, C. toyoshioae sp. nov., was collected from the hyperbenthic layer off northern Kyushu Island, Japan; its…”
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A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water by Ohtsuka, Susumu, Nishikawa, Jun, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…Peniculus hokutoae n. sp. is described on the basis of an ovigerous adult female parasitizing the caudal fin of the myctophid fish Symbolophorus evermanni…”
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First record of association of copepods with highly venomous box jellyfish Chironex, with description of new species of Paramacrochiron (Cyclopoida: Macrochironidae) by Ohtsuka, Susumu, Metillo, Ephrime, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…Paramacrochiron chironecicola n. sp. (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Macrochironidae) is described from the highly venomous box jellyfish Chironex sp. collected from…”
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A new genus of Herpyllobiidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from a deep-living annelid (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) by Suárez-Morales, Eduardo, Cruz-Gómez, Christopher, Boxshall, Geoffrey A.

“…A taxonomic study of deep-sea polychaetes collected at a depth of 2,805 m off the northern coast of California revealed a scaleworm of the family Sigalionidae…”
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A new genus of sea louse (Copepoda:Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitic on the bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis) by Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…A new genus, Alanlewisia, of the family Caligidae is established to accommodate a sea louse species originally, but tentatively, placed in the genus…”
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A new species of Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the gills of a dasyatid ray, Himantura oxyrhyncha (Sauvage, 1878) from West Kalimantan, Indonesia by Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…A new species of the cyclopoid copepod genus Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 is described based on material collected from the gills of an elasmobranch, Himantura…”
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A new genus of endoparasitic copepods (Cyclopoida: Enterognathidae), forming a gall in the calyx of deep-sea crinoids by Ohtsuka, Susumu, Kitazawa, Kota, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…A new genus and species of cyclopoid copepod belonging to the family Enterognathidae, Parenterognathus troglodytes, is described from a gall on the calyx of…”
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Ectoparasites of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western Australia by Ingelbrecht, Jack, Lear, Karissa O., Martin, Storm B., Lymbery, Alan J., Norman, Bradley M., Boxshall, Geoffrey A., Morgan, David L.

“…This study reports the metazoan ectoparasite fauna of juvenile Critically Endangered green sawfish, Pristis zijsron, and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western…”
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Partial re-assessment of the family structure of the Clausocalanoidea (Copepoda: Calanoida) using morphological data by Bradford-Grieve, Janet M, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…Abstract A cladistic analysis of the non-‘Bradfordian’ genera was used to improve the classification of the superfamily Clausocalanoidea. The prevalence of…”
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Sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new species of Caligus by Hayes, Polly M., Christison, Kevin W., Vaughan, David B., Smit, Nico J., Boxshall, Geoffrey A.

“…Thirteen species of sea lice (family Caligidae) are reported from a range of elasmobranch and actinopterygian fishes caught off South Africa or obtained from…”
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Morphological variation and a remarkable new sexual dimorphism in the Pseudocyclops xiphophorus population of Lake Faro in northeastern Sicily by Brugnano, Cinzia, Boxshall, Geoffrey A., Costanzo, Giuseppe, Zagami, Giacomo

“…The population of P. xiphophorus in Lake Faro exhibits variation in the form of caudal seta V. In some specimens of both sexes, this seta is spatulate but in…”
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Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) by Bradford-Grieve, Janet M, Blanco-Bercial, Leocadio, Boxshall, Geoffrey A

“…The Megacalanidae were revised based on new and archived material. Taxonomic confusion that has existed in the family is discussed and a method is suggested…”
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Accumulation of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in Pseudocaligus fugu, a parasitic copepod from panther puffer Takifugu pardalis, but without vertical transmission—Using an immunoenzymatic technique by Ikeda, Koichi, Venmathi Maran, B.A, Honda, Shunichi, Ohtsuka, Susumu, Arakawa, Osamu, Takatani, Tomohiro, Asakawa, Manabu, Boxshall, Geoffrey A.

“…The caligid copepod Pseudocaligus fugu, a common parasite on the body surface of both toxic ( Takifugu pardalis) and cultured, non-toxic ( Takifugu rubripes)…”
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