A new genus and species of the family Pennellidae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) infecting the Pacific viperfish Chauliodus macouni
A new genus and species of pennellid copepod, Protosarcotretes nishikawai n. g., n. sp., is described on the basis of an ovigerous female infecting a Pacific viperfish Chauliodus macouni collected from the deep-waters of Suruga Bay, Japan. The new genus exhibits the most plesiomorphic states in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Parasite |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018003 |