A new species of Prohatschekia Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 (Copepoda: Hatschekiidae) parasitic on Scorpaena elongata (Cadenat) off Algeria.
A new species of parasitic copepod, Prohatschekia mediterranea n. sp. (Siphonostomatoida: Hatschekiidae), is described from a scorpaenid fish, Scorpaena elongata, collected off Algeria. This is the seventh species of Prohatschekia Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 to be described and the first record of the genus from the Mediterranean Sea. The new species is most closely related to P. cremouxi Nunes-Ruivo, 1954, known from a congeneric host collected in Senegal. A key is provided to distinguish the new species from other members of the genus.
Hamza
Fazia
F
Biological Faculty of Science, Laboratoire de Ecology Environment, Equipe Parasitologie, Université de Science & Technologie Houari, Boumediene LP 32, El Alia, Algiers, Algeria.
Boxshall
Geoff
G
Kechemir-Issad
Nadia
N
D000462:Algeria; D000818:Animals; D033342:Copepoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D008857:Microscopy, Interference