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Copepod parasites of Psychrolutes (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from deep water in the eastern Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Ju-Shey Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840

Extract

Chondracanthus yanezi Atria and Neobrachiella amphipacifica sp. nov. are described based on material collected from Psychrolutes phrictus Stein and Bond trawled off northern California. N. amphipacifica is also recorded from Psychrolutes sio Nelson trawled off northern Chile. Both host species are deep water forms of Psychrolutes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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