Two new species of branchial fish parasitic isopod of the genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from Nigeria
van der Wal, S.; Smit, N.J.; Bruce, N.L.; Olaosebikan, B.; Hadfield, K.A. (2021). Two new species of branchial fish parasitic isopod of the genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from Nigeria. IJP 15: 1-11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.03.001 In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. Australian Society for Parasitology. e-ISSN 2213-2244, more |   |
| Keywords | Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829) [WoRMS]; Mothocya andoni van der Wal, Smit, Bruce, Olaosebikan & Hadfield, 2021 [WoRMS]; Mothocya powelli van der Wal, Smit, Bruce, Olaosebikan & Hadfield, 2021 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Marine fish parasites, Biodiversity, Monodactylus sebae, Niger Delta, Andoni creek |
| Authors | | Top | - van der Wal, S.
- Smit, N.J.
- Bruce, N.L., more
| - Olaosebikan, B.
- Hadfield, K.A.
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| Abstract | The branchial attaching, fish parasitic genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 is recorded for the first time from Nigerian brackish waters on Monodactylus sebae (Perciformes: Monodactylidae). Mothocya andoni n. sp. is characterised by a trapezoid-shaped cephalon with a subtruncate rostrum; pereonite 1 anterolateral angles only reaching to the posterior margin of the eyes; particularly large and wide coxa 7 extending to pleonite 4; pereopod 7 with a narrow basis; broadly rounded pleotelson; and uropods extending to the pleotelson posterior margin, with subequal rami. Mothocya powelli n. sp. is characterised by its small size (7 mm); a posteriorly ovoid body shape; cephalon anterior margin truncate; a short pleon with pleotelson lateral margins converging to a narrowly rounded apex; pleonite lateral margins overlapped by pereonite 7; slender uropods that extend to the posterior margin of the pleotelson with the uropodal exopod almost double the length of the endopod. |
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