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Parabrachiella spinicephala Ringuelet 1945

Description

Parabrachiella spinicephala Ringuelet, 1945

Type host. Pinguipes fasciatus Jennyns, 1840 (Perciformis: Pinguipedidae)

Site of infection. Pectoral fin.

Type locality. Argentina, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata County (38°05'S- 57°32'W).

Syntype. 2MLP-Cr 26922, 1929-11.

Current status. Valid species. Neobrachiella spinicephala (Ringuelet, 1945), new combination according to Etchegoin et al. (2006).

Reference. Ringuelet (1945), Etchegoin et al. (2006).

Notes

Published as part of Diaz, Analía R., Álvarez, Victor Hugo Merlo & Damborenea, Cristina, 2017, Type material housed in the Carcinological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina, pp. 88-102 in Zootaxa 4303 (1) on page 96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/997866

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References

  • Ringuelet, R. A. (1945) Parabrachiella spinicephala nueva especie de copepodo parasito. Notas del Museo de La Plata, Zoologia, 10 (86), 129 - 135.
  • Etchegoin, J. A., Timi, J. T. & Lanfranchi, A. L. (2006) Redescription of Neobrachiella spinicephala (Ringuelet, 1945) parasitic on Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829 from Argentina, with the first description of the male. Acta Parasitologica, 51, 290 - 293.