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Issue: Vol. 5369 No. 2: 9 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.2.7
Page range: 277-291
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A new species of Cardiodectes Wilson C.B., 1917 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) from Spinyjaw greeneye, Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894 off the Indian Ocean

Blue Innovation Division; Seto Inland Sea Carbon Neutral Research Center; Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life; Hiroshima University; 5–8–1 Minato-machi; Takehara; Hiroshima; 725–0024; Japan
Regional Forensic Science Laboratory; Kannur 670-002; Kerala; India
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries; University of Kerala; Karyavattom; Thiruvananthapuram 695 581; Kerala; India
Institute of Integrated Science and Technology; Nagasaki University; 1-14 Bunkyomachi 852-8521 Nagasaki; Japan
Crustacea Fish parasite copepod Cardiodectes vampire sp. nov. Pennellidae deep-sea India

Abstract

A new species of flesh penetrating parasitic copepod of the genus Cardiodectes Wilson C.B., 1917 (Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) parasitizing the fish Spinyjaw greeneye, Chlorophthalmus corniger Alcock, 1894 (Chlorophthalmidae), inhabiting at depths of 265 to 458 meters from the south-west coast of India is described and illustrated. The new species, Cardiodectes vampire sp. nov., can be distinguished from its other 16 congeners by the following features: (i) trunk 3.15 times as long as wide; (ii) extremely long (3.5 times as long as total body length) and uncoiled egg sacs; (iii) difference in the armature of legs 1–3; (iv) comparatively longer trunk (0.7 times as long as total body length). A checklist of valid global species of Cardiodectes with its host and distribution is also provided.

 

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