A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae

Abstract. Bambalocra intwalagen. et sp. nov. is described from Sodwana Bay, north-eastern South Africa. The monotypic genus is characterised by the broadly truncate anterior margin of the head with a ventral rostrum, coxae 2–5 being ventral in position not forming part of the body outline and not or...

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Autores principales: Bruce, Niel L., Welicky, Rachel L., Hadfield, Kerry A., Smit, Nico J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31777432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638
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author Bruce, Niel L.
Welicky, Rachel L.
Hadfield, Kerry A.
Smit, Nico J.
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description Abstract. Bambalocra intwalagen. et sp. nov. is described from Sodwana Bay, north-eastern South Africa. The monotypic genus is characterised by the broadly truncate anterior margin of the head with a ventral rostrum, coxae 2–5 being ventral in position not forming part of the body outline and not or barely visible in dorsal view, and the posterolateral margins of pereonites 6 and 7 are posteriorly produced and broadly rounded. The antennulae bases are widely separated, with both antennula and antenna slender. The species is known only from the type locality and the known hosts are species of Pomacanthidae (Angelfish). A revised key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae is provided.
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spelling pubmed-68725882019-11-27 A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae Bruce, Niel L. Welicky, Rachel L. Hadfield, Kerry A. Smit, Nico J. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Bambalocra intwalagen. et sp. nov. is described from Sodwana Bay, north-eastern South Africa. The monotypic genus is characterised by the broadly truncate anterior margin of the head with a ventral rostrum, coxae 2–5 being ventral in position not forming part of the body outline and not or barely visible in dorsal view, and the posterolateral margins of pereonites 6 and 7 are posteriorly produced and broadly rounded. The antennulae bases are widely separated, with both antennula and antenna slender. The species is known only from the type locality and the known hosts are species of Pomacanthidae (Angelfish). A revised key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae is provided. Pensoft Publishers 2019-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6872588/ /pubmed/31777432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638 Text en Niel L. Bruce, Rachel L. Welicky, Kerry A. Hadfield, Nico J. Smit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Bruce, Niel L.
Welicky, Rachel L.
Hadfield, Kerry A.
Smit, Nico J.
A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
title A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
title_full A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
title_fullStr A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
title_full_unstemmed A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
title_short A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
title_sort new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (crustacea, isopoda) from the indian ocean coast of south africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of cymothoidae
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31777432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.38638
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