Acanthochondria serrani sp. n. (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) parasitic on Serranus auriga (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Argentinean waters

BRAICOVICH, P.E.; TIMI, J.T.

FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA

Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre ASCR, Czech Republic

Lugar: Praga; Año: 2009 vol. 56 p. 313 - 316

0015-5683

A new species of Acanthochondria Oakley, 1927 (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Chondracanthidae), parasitic on Serranus auriga (Cuvier) from the Argentinean coastal zone, is described and illustrated. The new species differs from its congeners by the relative length of the neck and the protopod of leg 2. This is the second record of this genus for the South-eastern Atlantic and the first one from a serranid host.