Schistobrachia kabata sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) from rajiform hosts off South Africa

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: DIPPENAAR, SUSAN M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2016
• Subjects: Crustacea; Copepoda; Rajidae; ectoparasites; elasmobranchs; Table Bay; Kabata; Dipturus batis; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4174.1.7; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.7

The genus Schistobrachia Kabata, 1964 (Lernaeopodidae: Siphonostomatoida) currently accommodates five species of which two infect holocephalans and three utilize elasmobranchs. Kensley & Grindley (1973) reported three females from “Dipturus batis” (Linnaeus, 1758) collected in Table Bay, South A...