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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
A new species of Prohatschekia Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 (Copepoda: Hatschekiidae) parasitic on Scorpaena elongata (Cadenat) off Algeria
Systematic Parasitology, Volume 67, No. 2, Year 2007
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Description
A new species of parasitic copepod, Prohatschekia mediterranea n. sp. (Siphonostomatoida: Hatschekiidae), is described from a scorpaenid fish, Scorpaena elongata, collected off Algeria. This is the seventh species of Prohatschekia Nunes-Ruivo, 1954 to be described and the first record of the genus from the Mediterranean Sea. The new species is most closely related to P. cremouxi Nunes-Ruivo, 1954, known from a congeneric host collected in Senegal. A key is provided to distinguish the new species from other members of the genus. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hamza, Fazia
Algeria, Algiers
Université Des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene
Boxshall, Geoffrey A.
United Kingdom, London
The Natural History Museum, London
Kechemir-Issad, Nadia
Algeria, Algiers
Université Des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene
Statistics
Citations: 12
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11230-006-9076-0
ISSN:
01655752
Study Locations
Algeria
Senegal