A new species of Prohatschekia Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 (Copepoda: Hatschekiidae) parasitic on Scorpaena elongata (Cadenat) off Algeria.

Abstract:

:A new species of parasitic copepod, Prohatschekia mediterranea n. sp. (Siphonostomatoida: Hatschekiidae), is described from a scorpaenid fish, Scorpaena elongata, collected off Algeria. This is the seventh species of Prohatschekia Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 to be described and the first record of the genus from the Mediterranean Sea. The new species is most closely related to P. cremouxi Nunes-Ruivo, 1954, known from a congeneric host collected in Senegal. A key is provided to distinguish the new species from other members of the genus.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Hamza F,Boxshall G,Kechemir-Issad N

doi

10.1007/s11230-006-9076-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-06-01 00:00:00

pages

119-24

issue

2

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

journal_volume

67

pub_type

杂志文章