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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Uyeno D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3520142 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20121129 246
A new species of copepod, Sarcotretes umitakaesp. n., of the siphonostomatoid family Pennellidae is described based on female specimens from the rattail Coelorinchus jordani Smith and Pope (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) caught in the East China Sea. This species is characterized by exhibiting the following characters: the large proboscis projects strongly; the head bears paired lateral processes which are bulbous and taper into a slender horn; the twisting neck is significantly longer ...[more]