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Issue: Vol. 4482 No. 2: 18 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.9
Page range: 375–382
Abstract views: 81
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Redescription of Lernaeenicus stromatei Gnanamuthu, 1953 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) infesting the Black Pomfret Parastromateus niger (Bloch) from Indian waters

Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram-695 581, Kerala, India. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, Kolkata-700 053, West Bengal, India.
Post Graduate Department of Zoology and Research Centre, Sree Narayana College, Kannur- 670 007, India.
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala, Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram-695 581, Kerala, India.
Endangered Marine Species Research Unit (UEMS), Borneo Marine Research Institute, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Jalan UMS 88400, Sabah, Malaysia.
Crustacea Parasitic copepod redescription neotype designation Parastromateus niger India

Abstract

The parasitic copepod Lernaeenicus stromatei Gnanamuthu, 1953 infecting black pomfret, Parastromateus niger (Bloch) (Carangidae) is redescribed based on a neotype and additional fresh material obtained from hosts collected at different fish landing centers on the Chennai Coast (Tamil Nadu), Malabar Coast (Kerala), and from West Bengal, India. A female L. stromatei obtained from the Chennai Coast has been designated as a neotype and deposited in the National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI). Lernaeenicus stromatei can be identified based on the following features: A long and slender body; head anteriorly rounded, dorso-ventrally flattened and slightly longer than broad; presence of three posterior horns on the head, one median and two lateral, all sub-similar and apically rounded; and an anterior neck with an indistinct partition on the dorsal side, indicating thoracic segments, and a three-jointed antennule.

 

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