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Species of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan
- Source :
- Systematic Parasitology. 46:159-179
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2000.
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Abstract
- Six species of copepods of the genus Caligus (Caligidae, Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan are reported. They are: C. absens n. sp. from Priacanthus blochii and P. macracanthus; C. epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 from Scolopsis vosmeri; C. kanagurta Pillai, 1961 from Decrapterts kurroides; C. laticaudus Shiino, 1960 from Lutjanus vitta and Parapristiopoma trilineatum; C. nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 from Triacanthus biaculeatus; and C. rotundigenitalis Yu, 1933 from Drepane punctata, Liza macrolepis and Terapon jarbua. C. distortus Pillai & Natarajan, 1977 is relegated to a synonym of C. nengai and C. multispinosus Shen, 1957 reported by Lin et al. (1994) from the cultured sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegeli is a misidentification for C. rotundigenitalis Yu, 1933.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15735192 and 01655752
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Systematic Parasitology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....96bdee511fccd968aae6b922ef6126fb