Redescription of Naricolax sphyraenae Izawa, 2020 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Bomolochidae), with a correctional description of copepodid IV of the species
- 10 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Crustaceana
- Vol. 94 (8), 973-980
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10138
Abstract
As in the original description of Naricolax sphyraenae Izawa, 2020, copepodid IV female of the species was described based on a wrong judgement of the sex, the species is redescribed and both sexes of copepodid IV of the species are correctively described, while additionally copepodid V male of the species is described for the first time, based on specimens newly collected from the original host, Sphyraena pinguis Günther, 1874 (Pisces, Sphyraenidae) from Japan. As in the original description of Naricolax sphyraenae Izawa, 2020, copepodid IV female of the species was described based on a wrong judgement of the sex, the species is redescribed and both sexes of copepodid IV of the species are correctively described, while additionally copepodid V male of the species is described for the first time, based on specimens newly collected from the original host, Sphyraena pinguis Günther, 1874 (Pisces, Sphyraenidae) from Japan.Keywords
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