First records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida) from marine fishes in Korea
- Author:
Venmathi Maran, B.A.
;
Soh, H.Y.
;
Hwang, U.W.
;
Chang, C.Y.
;
Myoung, J-G.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Tropical Biomedicine
2015;32(2):352-364
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The knowledge of the biodiversity of parasitic copepods in South Korea is increasing.
Interestingly we report here, some parasitic copepods considered as the first record of
findings from Korea. Nine species of parasitic copepods (Siphonostomatoida) including six
genera of three different families [Caligidae (7), Lernaeopodidae (1), Lernanthropidae (1)]
were recovered from eight species of wild fishes in Korea: 1) Caligus hoplognathi Yamaguti
& Yamasu, 1959 (♀, ♂) from the body surface of barred knifejaw Oplegnathus fasciatus
(Temminck & Schlegel); 2) Caligus lagocephali Pillai, 1961 (♀) from the gills of panther puffer
Takifugu pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel); 3) Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853)
(♀, ♂) from the opercular cavity of Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus); 4)
Euryphorus nordmanni Milne Edwards, 1840 (♀, ♂) from the opercular cavity of common
dolphin fish Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus; 5) Gloiopotes huttoni (Thomson) (♀, ♂) from
the body surface of black marlin Istiompax indica (Cuvier); 6) Lepeophtheirus hapalogenyos
Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 (♀) from the gill filaments of O. fasciatus; 7) Lepeophtheirus sekii
Yamaguti, 1936 (♀, ♂) from the body surface of red seabream Pagrus major (Temminck &
Schlegel); 8) Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (♀) from the body surface of longfin tuna or
albacore Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre); 9) Lernanthropinus sphyraenae (Yamaguti &
Yamasu, 1959) (♀) from the gill filaments of moon fish Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider).
Since the female was already reported in Korea, it is a new record for the male of C. hoplognathi.
A checklist for the parasitic copepods of the family Caligidae, Lernaeopodidae and
Lernanthropidae of Korea is provided.
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