The copepod genus Hatschekia Poche, 1902 (Siphonostomatoida: Hatschekiidae) from triggerfishes (Pisces: Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from off the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with descriptions of eleven new species
2010; Q15088586; Volume: 2478; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.11646/zootaxa.2478.1.1
ISSN1175-5334
AutoresDaisuke Uyeno, Kazuya Nagasawa,
Tópico(s)Vibrio bacteria research studies
ResumoEleven new species of the genus Hatschekia Poche, 1902 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Hatschekiidae) are described based on female specimens from triggerfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) caught in coastal waters of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. These include Hatschekia hemicyclium n. sp. on Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider), R. aculeatus (L.) and R. verrucosus (L.); H. jonesi n. sp. on Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider) and S. fraenatum (Latreille); H. kabatai n. sp. and H. izenaensis n. sp. on Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard); H. churaumi n. sp. on Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell); H. zanpa n. sp. and H. fukurubi n. sp. on Balistapus undulatus (Park); H. mongarah n. sp. on Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider); H. nakamurai n. sp. on Melichthys vidua (Richardson); H. mihkagan n. sp. on Odonus niger (Rüppell); and H. pseudobalistesi n. sp. on Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider). Ten of the 11 new species, with the exception of H. fukurubi n. sp., share the intercoxal sclerites of legs 1 and 2 armed with 4 processes. This character differs from 87 of the known 97 species in Hatschekia. Of the 20 species with this character, the 10 new species are separated from each other mainly by the following morphological characters: the number of setal elements in the leg armature, on the antennule and the caudal ramus, the presence of posterior lobes on the trunk, the segmentation and form of the abdomen, and the length ratios of certain body parts.
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