| Autor: |
Rodrigues AMV; Flying Sharks, Rua do Farrobim do Sul 116, 9900-361, Horta, Portugal., Özak AA; Department of Fish Diseases and Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, University of Çukurova, 01330, Sarıçam, Adana, Turkey. ozargun@gmail.com., Silva LMH; Flying Sharks, Rua do Farrobim do Sul 116, 9900-361, Horta, Portugal., Boxshall GA; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Parasitology research [Parasitol Res] 2018 Dec; Vol. 117 (12), pp. 3843-3850. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 29. |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s00436-018-6090-5 |
| Abstrakt: |
A new species of caligid copepod, Caligus mulli n. sp., is described based on specimens collected from surmullet Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus from Atlantic waters off the Azores, Portugal, and from red mullet Mullus barbatus barbatus (Linnaeus) caught in the Mediterranean Sea, off the south-eastern coast of Turkey. Sixteen specimens (both sexes) were collected from the gill cavity of M. surmuletus, and one female was collected from the gill cavity of M. barbatus barbatus. The new species is described from both fish hosts. Detailed comparisons are presented with two closely related species, C. ocyurus Cressey, 1991 and C. biaculeatus Brian, 1914: the former can be distinguished by differences in shape of the dorsal cephalothoracic shield and postantennal process, while the latter differs in relative size of the distal spines on leg 4 and in the shape of the sternal furca. The new species can easily be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following additional characteristics: (1) the corpus of the female maxilliped bears a prominent projection proximally and the myxal area is ornamented with a hyaline flange and two sensillae, and (2) the male maxilliped has a conical proximal projection on the corpus and a bifid myxal process opposing the claw. |
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MEDLINE |
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