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Journal article

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Description of Boylea inflata sp. nov. (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae), a new parasitic copepod from sea catfishes (Siluriformes: Ariidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Coast, with amended diagnosis of this rare genus

Abstract

The cyclopoid family Bomolochidae Burmeister, 1835 is one of the most common groups of parasitic copepods infesting fsh worldwide. Currently, about 165 species of this family have been reported in marine ecosystems but only a few occur on fsh of the family Ariidae Bleeker. During a survey of marine catfsh in the Brazilian Amazon Coast, a new species of Boylea Cressey, 1977 was found in the gill chambers of the Thomas sea catfsh Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes) (type-host), Pemecou sea catfsh Sciades herzbergii (Bloch) and Coco sea catfsh Bagre bagre (Linnaeus) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) of Maranhão Island, State of Maranhão. Boylea infata sp. nov. can be distinguished from its closest congeners mainly because it has the anterior part of the prosome infated, the second endopodal segment of leg 3 with one seta and by having a simple outer distal seta on the caudal rami. In addition, an amendment in the diagnosis of Boylea is provided based on the characters present in the new species. Other species of parasitic copepods previously collected from ariid fsh of Brazil were revisited and discussed. The present study is the frst report of a bomolochid parasitizing the three host species analyzed here, as well as the frst report of Boylea in the Atlantic Ocean.

Bibliographic citation

Paschoal, F.; Couto, J.V.; Nunes, J.L.S.; Pereira, F.B. (2024). Description of Boylea inflata sp. nov. (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae), a new parasitic copepod from sea catfishes (Siluriformes: Ariidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Coast, with amended diagnosis of this rare genus. Mar. Biodiv. 54(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-024-01470-4

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Marine

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