Lernentominae, a New Subfamily of Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda), with a description of Oralien triglae (Blainville 1822)
1927; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0031182000005928
ISSN1469-8161
AutoresW. Harold Leigh‐Sharpe, C. L. Oakley,
Tópico(s)Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
ResumoLinnaeus (1747) described and figured (reproduced in Fig. 1) a parasitic Copepod from the gills of a Gadus , which he designated Lernaea cauda duplici tereti , and defined in these words: Thorax seu corpus molle, album, subrotundum, convexum, carnosum; antice obtusum, seu potius retusum, latere utroque notatum, denticulo molle antrorsum spectante. Collum tenue longiusculum, caput trilobum dilatatum; lobo intermedio obverse eordato. Cauda pone thoracem ex duobus corpusoulis pallidis longitudine thoracis. Brachia sub thorace, ad latera colli utrinque duo, quorum pars exterius bilobum, interius ovatum.
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