Adday Thamir K, Ali Atheer H
Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, Basrah University, Basrah, Iraq.
Wiad Parazytol. 2011;57(3):137-42.
A new species of Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) parasitic on the gills of two gobiid fishes Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes and Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1930) from Shatt Al-Basrah Canal, Iraq, is described. The new species differs from all its congeners by a combination of character states including the shape of the body, and the structure and armature of the swimming legs.
描述了一种寄生于伊拉克巴士拉运河的两种虾虎鱼——杜氏大弹涂鱼(Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes)和褐背底栖虾虎鱼(Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1930))鳃上的新种——1832年诺德曼氏鱼虱属(Ergasilus von Nordmann)(桡足亚纲:鱼虱科)。该新种与所有同属物种不同,具有包括身体形状、游泳足的结构和刚毛等一系列特征组合。