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Taeniacanthus dentatus sp. nov., a copepod parasite of the fish Bembrops caudimaculata Steindachner

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Title Taeniacanthus dentatus sp. nov., a copepod parasite
of the fish Bembrops caudimaculata Steindachner
 
Creator Sebastian, M J
 
Subject Fish Diseases
Copepods
 
Description Bassett-Smith (1898) was the first to describe a piscicolous taeniacanthid, Irodes
tetradontis (Bassett-Smith), from the Indian region. However, taeniacanthid
copepods of the genus Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871, have never been reported from
Indian fishes until quite recently, when eight species of taeniacanthids belonging to
five different genera, including one new genus and seven new species, were described.
by Pillai (1963) from South Indian fishes. Of these, three belonged to the genus
Taeniacanthus iind were new. Herein is described a fourth species, T. dentatu
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1964
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1004/1/Article_09.pdf
Sebastian, M J (1964) Taeniacanthus dentatus sp. nov., a copepod parasite of the fish Bembrops caudimaculata Steindachner. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 6 (1). pp. 94-97.