Lepeophtheirus cuneifer sp. nov. (Copepoda: Caligidae), a Parasite of Fishes from the Pacific Coast of North America
Lepeophtheirus cuneifer sp. nov. (Copepoda: Caligidae) is described and illustrated. This copepod is a parasite of marine fishes off the coast of Alaska, its hosts including Raja binoculata and Hexagrammos lagocephalus. Other possible hosts are Leptocottus armatus and Theragra chalcogramma.
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1974
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f74-006 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f74-006 |
| Summary: | Lepeophtheirus cuneifer sp. nov. (Copepoda: Caligidae) is described and illustrated. This copepod is a parasite of marine fishes off the coast of Alaska, its hosts including Raja binoculata and Hexagrammos lagocephalus. Other possible hosts are Leptocottus armatus and Theragra chalcogramma. |
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