Redescription of Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Taeniacanthidae), recovered from Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Actinopterygii) in Japan.
Crustaceana
97(12):1415-1422.
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Metataeniacanthus synodi Pillai, 1963 is redescribed based on specimens of both sexes recovered from the branchial lamellae of the snake?sh, Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) in Japan. The description of the male is the ?rst time for the species.
Key words. — Parasitic copepods, Cyclopoida, Taeniacanthidae, Actinopterygii, Synodontidae