Naricolax insolitus n. sp., a bomolochid copepod (Poecilostomatoida) parasitic in the nasal cavities of silver pomfret Pampus argenteus off Taiwan.
A new species of bomolochid copepod (Poecilostomatoida), Naricolax insolitus n. sp., parasitic in the nasal cavities of the silver pomfret Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen) from the Strait of Taiwan is described. The new species is distinguished from its only known congener, N. atypicus Ho, Do & Kasahara, 1983, by possessing the following four apomorphic features: (1) a complex outgrowth on the egg-sac attachment area; (2) a bent egg-sac; (3) a sharp hook (modified seta V) on the caudal ramus; and (4) an armature of II,I,4 (instead of II,I,5) on the terminal segment of leg 4 exopod. This is the first record of parasitic copepod from the nasal cavities of the silver pomfret.
Ho
Ju-shey
JS
Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 90840-3702, USA.
Lin
Ching-Long
CL
D000818:Animals; D033342:Copepoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013624:Taiwan