Redescription of Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda: Pandaridae) parasitic on four species of sharks off southeast coast of Taiwan

Title:

Redescription of Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda: Pandaridae) parasitic on four species of sharks off southeast coast of Taiwan

Creator:

Ho, Ju-shey and Lin, Ching-Long

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:0c6ad927-3aec-4072-886a-3ce83d809167
uuid:0c6ad927-3aec-4072-886a-3ce83d809167
doi:10.14411/fp.2011.031

Subject:

Pandaridae, parasitic copepod, taxonomy, sharks, and Taiwan

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Description:

Dinemoura discrepans Cressey, 1967 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) is redescribed based on the specimens taken from four species of sharks caught off the southeast coast of Taiwan. The four species of sharks are: pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus Nakamura; bigeye thresher, A. superciliosus Lowe; blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller et Henle); and oceanic whitetip shark, C. longimanus (Poey). Although our redescription shows certain differences from the original description, after re-examination of the museum specimens studied by R. F. Cressey in making the original description, it was confirmed that the specimens from off Taiwan are identifiable with D. discrepans. Carcharhinus limbatus is currently known to host 19 species of parasitic copepods, of which D. discrepans is the first one of this copepod genus.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

311-317

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2011 Volume:58 | Number:4

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