Proposal of a new family for Hirodai ohtsukai gen. n. et sp. n. (Crustacea: Copepoda) infesting Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 (Perciformes: Uranoscopidae) from the south-west coast of India

Article Parasitology

Choreftria shiranui, a new genus and species of cyclopoid copepod (Crustacea: Copepoda) associated with the worm goby from southern Japan, with the proposal of a new family

Daisuke Uyeno

Summary: A new genus and species of cyclopoid copepod, Choreftria shiranuin. g., n. sp., was discovered on the worm goby, Taenioides snyderi Jordan & Hubbs, from mud flats in the Yatsushiro Sea, southern Japan. This new genus is characterized by distinct body segmentation, specific claws and antennae structures, and it does not belong to any known cyclopoid families, thus a new family, Choreftriidae, was established to accommodate it.

SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY (2022)

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Article Biodiversity Conservation

Redescription and further report of two buccal attaching fish parasitic cymothoids, Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) and Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979 (Crustacea: Isopoda) with a new record from the southern India Ocean

Panakkool Thamban Aneesh et al.

Summary: The present study reports two poorly known buccal-attaching fish-parasitic cymothoids, Ceratothoa carinata and Cymothoa bychowskyi, from Indian waters. The species Ceratothoa carinata is redescribed and illustrated based on an ovigerous female, which is the first record of this species in Indian waters. The poorly known Cymothoa bychowskyi is also redescribed and illustrated from female and male stages, infesting the red cornetfish Fistularia petimba.

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY (2022)

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Article Ecology

A new species of parasitic copepod of the genus Lernaeenicus Lesueur, 1824 (Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) from the torpedo scad Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus) off Kerala coast of Arabian Sea, India

Panakkool Thamban Aneesh et al.

Summary: The newly discovered parasitic copepod species Lernaeenicus megalaspis sp. nov. possesses distinctive morphological features that distinguish it from other congeners.

MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH (2021)

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Article Marine & Freshwater Biology

Complementary Description and Range Extension of an Unusual Caligid Copepod Anchicaligus nautili (Willey, 1896) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) Parasitizing the Endangered Deep-sea Cephalopod Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 from the Indian Ocean

Panakkool Thamban Aneesh et al.

Summary: This study reports an unusual caligid copepod, Anchicaligus nautili, infesting the deep-water chambered nautilus Nautilus pompilius in the Indian Ocean. The species is redescribed and illustrated based on materials recovered from the Andaman region in March 1985, indicating the first record of this species in Indian waters. The unique characteristics of Anchicaligus nautili include the presence of large lenses in the median eyes, postanal protrusions, and displacement of the caudal rami.

THALASSAS (2021)

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Review Biodiversity Conservation