A new parasitic copepod (Copepoda; Cyclopoida; Chondracanthidae) from two pomacentrid fishes caught on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

A new parasitic copepod (Copepoda; Cyclopoida; Chondracanthidae) from two pomacentrid fishes caught on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

A new species of the copepod genus Pseudacanthocanthopsis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 (family Chondracanthidae) is described based on material of both sexes collected from two pomacentrid host fishes caught off Lizard Island, Queensland. The type host is Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker) and the addi...

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Published in:Systematic parasitology Vol. 99; no. 5; pp. 601 - 610
Main Author: Boxshall, Geoff A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-10-2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Agriculture
Animal Anatomy
Animal Ecology
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Chondracanthidae
Congeners
Females
Fish
Histology
Life Sciences
Males
Morphology
Museums
Natural history
New species
Parasites
Registration
Zoology
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Summary:A new species of the copepod genus Pseudacanthocanthopsis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 (family Chondracanthidae) is described based on material of both sexes collected from two pomacentrid host fishes caught off Lizard Island, Queensland. The type host is Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker) and the additional host is N. cyanomos (Bleeker). The new species is distinguishable from all congeners by the form of the antennule of the female, which is dorso-ventrally flattened and extends out anteriorly to the front of the cephalothorax margin.
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ISSN:0165-5752
1573-5192
DOI:10.1007/s11230-022-10049-1