A new species of Dermoergasilus Ho & Do, 1982 (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) from freshwater fishes in the south-west of Western Australia.
A new species of Dermoergasilus Ho & Do, 1982 is described from freshwater fish hosts in the south west of Western Australia. D. occidentalis n. sp. differs from previously described species in the genus principally by the armature of the legs. The new species was found on the gills of the freshwater cobbler Tandanus bostocki Whitely and western minnow Galaxias occidentalis Ogilby in two different river systems.
Hassan
Marina
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Fish Health Unit, Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University, WA, Australia.
Jones
Brian
B
Lymbery
Alan J
AJ
D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D033342:Copepoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005618:Fresh Water; D008853:Microscopy; D036441:Osmeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014904:Western Australia