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Kroyeria deetsi n.sp. (Kroyeriidae: Siphonostomatoida), a parasitic copepod infecting gills of spinner sharks, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839), in the Indian Ocean

Published in: African Zoology
Volume 35 , issue 2 , 2000 , pages: 185–192

DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11657089

Author(s): Susan M. Dippenaar Department of ZoologyandBiology, South Africa , George W. Benz Tennessee Aquarium and Southeast Aquatic Research Institute, U.S.A. , Pieter A.S. Olivier Department of ZoologyandBiology, South Africa

Keywords: Kroyeriidae , Kroyeriadeetsi , Spinner shark , Indian Ocean

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Abstract

Kroyeria deetsi n.sp. (Kroyeriidae: Siphonostomatoida) is described from both sexes collected from the gills of spinner sharks, Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839), captured in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa. Kroyeriadeetsi n.sp. can easily be distinguished from all of its congeners because the third endopod segments of legs 1–4 of the new species are about twice (legs 1, 2 and 4), or more than twice (leg 3), as long as the corresponding second endopod segments in the female.

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