Pseudolamproglena boxshalli sp. n. (Lernaeidae: Lamprogleninae) parasitic on gills of Cyprinion macrostomum (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Tigris River, Iraq

Title:

Pseudolamproglena boxshalli sp. n. (Lernaeidae: Lamprogleninae) parasitic on gills of Cyprinion macrostomum (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Tigris River, Iraq

Creator:

Al-Nasiri, Fatima S., Ho, Ju-shey, and Mhaisen, Furhan T.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:6f0edca5-50b7-4a5a-917a-5f770a3dbe46
uuid:6f0edca5-50b7-4a5a-917a-5f770a3dbe46
doi:10.14411/fp.2012.043

Subject:

taxonomy, morphology, parasitic Crustacea, Copepoda, and teleost fish

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

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Description:

A new species of lamproglenine copepods, Pseudolamproglena boxshalli sp. n., is described from gills of the cyprinid fish Cyprinion macrostomum Heckel from the Tigris River in Tikreet, north of Baghdad, Iraq. This is the second species of Pseudolamproglena from Iraq and the fourth in the world. It differs from its three congeners mainly in the armature of antennule, maxilla, maxilliped, legs 1-4 and caudal ramus.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

308-310

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2012 Volume:59 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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