A new species of Anchistrotos (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae) from hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Actinopterygii: Clupeidae), off Iraq

Title:

A new species of Anchistrotos (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae) from hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Actinopterygii: Clupeidae), off Iraq

Creator:

Maran, B. A. Venmathi, Moon, Seong Yong, and Adday, Thamir Katea

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:e6723623-9317-46dd-b3cc-5c8900dec906
uuid:e6723623-9317-46dd-b3cc-5c8900dec906
doi:10.14411/fp.2014.042

Subject:

taxonomy, fish, parasite, gills, Anchistrotos, maxilliped, and whip-like setae

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

A new species of parasitic copepod Anchistrotos tangi sp. n. (Cyclopoida: Taeniacanthidae) is described based on adult female specimens collected from the gills of hilsa shad, Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton, 1822) (Actinopterygii: Clupeidae) captured off Iraq. The new species differs from its congeners by having the following combination of characters in the adult female: 1) the rostral area sclerotised; 2) the presence of row of spinules on the proximal and distal margins of the anal somite; 3) the maxilliped claw with 2 long whip-like setae just crossing the distal edge of claw with serrated terminal margin; and 4) the leg 5 ornamented with patched spinules distally. This is the ninth nominal species of Anchistrotos Brian, 1906.

Language:

English

Rights:

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

Coverage:

479-484

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2014 Volume:61 | Number:5

Harvested from:

CDK

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