A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: fi...
A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water
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France: EDP Sciences
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Peniculus hokutoae
n. sp. is described on the basis of an ovigerous adult female parasitizing the caudal fin of the myctophid fish
Symbolophorus evermanni
(Gilbert, 1905), collected from Suruga Bay, Japan. This is the first record of parasitism by this genus on mesopelagic myctophid fish. The new species is easily distinguished from other...
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A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_6dad29e60d16402fafcbd123944bfe55
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_6dad29e60d16402fafcbd123944bfe55
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1776-1042,1252-607X
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1776-1042
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10.1051/parasite/2018057
