Two Species of Parasitic Copepods (Neobrachiella incurva and Peniculus ostraciontis) from the Marine Fishes, Halicheores poecilopterus and Sebastes shlegeli, of the South Coast of Korea

남해안 어류(용치놀래기, 조피볼락)에 기생하는 요각류 2종

  • Choi Sang-Duk (South Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Fisheries Research and Development Agency) ;
  • Suh Hae-Lip (Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Hong Sung-Yun (Department of Marine Biology, National Fisheries University of Pusan)
  • 최상덕 (국립수산진흥원 남해수산연구소) ;
  • 서해립 (전남대학교 해양학과) ;
  • 홍성윤 (부산수산대학교 해양생물학과)
  • Published : 1996.05.01

Abstract

Two species of the copepod parasite were observed from two marine fishes in Korea. A siphonostomatoid copepod Neobrachiella incurva (Shiino, 1956) (Lernaeopodidae) and a cyclopoid copepod Peniculus ostraciontis Yamaguti 1939 (Lernaeidae) were found on the gills of Halichoeres poecilopterus and the fins of Sebastes schlegeli, respectively. The most distinct features of N. incurva are bipartite of maxillule, 2 ventro-posterior processes and conical genital process. P. ostraciontis is very distinguishable in the body shape, antenna, and fused trunk. Both species of copepods are newly observed from the Korean waters.

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