title: Pseudolernentoma brasiliensis n. g., n. sp. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Chondracanthidae) parasitic on Genypterus brasiliensis (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae) from off the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: Pseudolernentoma, a new chondracanthid genus was proposed to accommodate Pseudolernentoma brasiliensis n. g., n. sp., parasitic on the pink cusk-eel Genypterus brasiliensis Regan, from off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new genus can be differentiated from the other genera of the Chondracanthidae by the presence of an inflated head with lateral expansions and anteroventral bifurcate processes on the trunk.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 74508, 23851-970 Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: Dimitri Ramos
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D033342:Copepoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004524:Eels / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male