Biology:Acantholochus
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
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| Genus: | Acantholochus Cressey, 1984
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Acantholochus is a genus of parasitic copepods belonging to the family Bomolochidae. Its members can only be distinguished from the closely related genus Hamaticolax by the absence of an accessory process on the claw of the maxillipeds.[1]
Species
It includes the following species:[2]
The following species were formerly included in Acantholochus but are now placed in Hamaticolax:[2]
- Hamaticolax galeichthyos (Luque & Bruno, 1990)
- Hamaticolax paralabracis (Luque & Bruno, 1990)
- Hamaticolax unisagittatus (Tavares & Luque, 2003)
References
- ↑ F. N. Morales Serna & S. Gómez (2010). "A new bomolochid copepod parasitic on bullseye puffer Sphoeroides annulatus (Jenyns) from Mexico, with reassignment of some species of Acantholochus Cressey and Hamaticolax Ho & Lin" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa 2336: 36–50. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02336p050f.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ju-shey Ho & T. Chad Walter (2010). "Acantholochus Cressey, 1984". in T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346692. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q3808880 entry
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