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Parabrachiella trichiuri (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) Parasitic on the Ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus, a New Record of Korean Fauna

  • Received : 2022.08.02
  • Accepted : 2022.08.30
  • Published : 2022.10.31
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Abstract

Parabrachiella trichiuri (Yamaguti, 1939), a copepod parasitic on the ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758), is recorded as a new record of Korean fauna. The copepod is the only known species of the family Lernaeopodidae parasitic on T. lepturus. Parabrachiella trichiuri can be differentiated from its congeners by a combination of characters: the trunk is pyriform, with two pairs of processes, the maxilla is less than half as long as the cephalothorax, and the genital process is not protruding from the margin of the trunk. This species had been assigned to different genera, such as Clavellopsis Wilson, 1915, Isobranchia Heegaard, 1947, and Neobrachiella Kabata, 1979.

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This research was supported by a grant from the Honam National Institute of Biological Resources(HNIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (HNIBR202101101).

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