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. 1999 Mar;42(3):161-86.
doi: 10.1023/a:1006075223683.

Ergasilid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) from the gills of primitive Mugilidae (grey mullets)

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Ergasilid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) from the gills of primitive Mugilidae (grey mullets)

H El-Rashidy et al. Syst Parasitol. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

All representatives of the subfamily Agonostominae of grey mullets in the collections of The Natural History Museum in London were examined for parasitic copepods. Agonostomus monticola, Joturus pichardi, Aldrichetta forsteri and Cestraeus goldiei were all infected by copepods. Three new species of Acusicola and two new species of Ergasilus were found: E. parabahiensis n. sp. on A. monticola from Guyana and E. acusicestraeus n. sp. on C. goldiei from Papua New Guinea. Acusicola spinuloderma n. sp. was found on A. monticola and J. pichardi collected from different localities in Central America, A. mazatlanesis n. sp. on the same host from west Mexico (Mazatlan) and A. joturicola n. sp. on J. pichardi from Panama. Descriptions of the five new species and a redescription of E. australiensis Roubal, from Aldrichetta forsteri, are presented. The host-parasite relationships and geographical distributions of hosts and their parasitic copepods are analysed.

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