Hamaticolax unisagittatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Cyclopoida |
Family: | Bomolochidae |
Genus: | Hamaticolax |
Species: | H. unisagittatus |
Binomial name | |
Hamaticolax unisagittatus (Tavares & Luque, 2003) |
Hamaticolax unisagittatus is a species of parasitic copepod belonging to the family Bomolochidae. It is a parasite on the gills of the common snook and has only been recorded in coastal waters off Rio de Janeiro State. In one study over half of the host fish sampled in this area carried this parasite.
The female is up to 1.4 millimetres (0.055 in) long; the male is as yet unknown. Originally described in the genus Acantholochus, it was later transferred to the genus Hamaticolax.
References
- ^ Luiz E. R. Tavares & José L. Luque (2003). "A New Species of Acantholochus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) Parasitic on Centropomus undecimalis (Osteichthyes: Centropomidae) from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" (PDF). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 98 (2): 241–245. doi:10.1590/S0074-02762003000200013. PMID 12764441.
- Ju-shey Ho (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Hamaticolax unisagittatus (Tavares & Luque, 2003)". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Hamaticolax unisagittatus |
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