A New species of Parasitic copepod, Nemesis santhadevii (Siphonostomatoida: Eudactylinidae) from the gills of the Coral catshark Atelomycterus marmoratus, from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran and Panakkool Thamban Aneesh and Moon, Seong Yong (2022) A New species of Parasitic copepod, Nemesis santhadevii (Siphonostomatoida: Eudactylinidae) from the gills of the Coral catshark Atelomycterus marmoratus, from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Diversity, 14 (759). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1424-2818

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Abstract

The copepod Nemesis santhadevii sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida: Eudactylinidae), which is parasitizing the gill filaments of the Coral catshark Atelomycterus marmoratus (Anonymous (Bennett), 1830) off Kota Kinabalu waters, Malaysia, is described and illustrated in this article. The new species Nemesis santhadevii prominently differs from its congeners in the following features: (1) the cephalothorax sub-circular is 1.3 times as wide as long and overlapping the second pedigerous somite; (2) the fifth somite is 0.4 times the width of the fourth; (3) the genital double somite is slightly narrower than the fifth; (4) the lowest cephalothoracic shield’s body length (0.20:1) proportion; (5) the caudal rami is ovate, it has two large and three small setae; (6) and the second somite has antenna with a patch of 34–38 spinules. It is the first record of parasitic eudactilinid copepod from Sabah, East Malaysia. A checklist of global valid species of Nemesis Risso, 1826, is provided.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Fish parasites , Crustacea , Spinules , Checklist , Borneo , Sabah
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling > SH1-691 Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling > SH20.3-191 Aquaculture > SH151-179 Fish culture > SH171-179 Diseases and adverse factors
Department:	INSTITUTE > Borneo Marine Research Institute
Depositing User:	SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2022 09:53
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:53
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34660

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