Izawa, K. (2024). Redescription of two known species of Taeniacanthidae Sumpf, 1871 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Taeniacanthidae) parasitic on japanese boxfishes (Actinopterygii). Crustaceana. 97(10-11):1281-1301.
Redescription of two known species of Taeniacanthidae Sumpf, 1871 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Taeniacanthidae) parasitic on japanese boxfishes (Actinopterygii).
Crustaceana
97(10-11):1281-1301.
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Taeniacanthus moa (Lewis, 1967) and T. ostracionis (Richardi, 1870) are redescribed based on specimens recovered from Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1785) and Ostracion immaculatum Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) in Japan (Tetraodontiformes, Ostraciidae), respectively. The copepodids V of both sexes, the copepodid III of the female, and the copepodid I (sex undetermined) of T. moa, and the male of T. ostracionis are described for the ?rst time.
Key words. — Parasitic copepods, Cyclopoida, Taeniacanthidae, Taeniacanthus ostracionisspecies group