SCHISTOBRACHIA JORDAANAE N. SP. (COPEPODA: SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA: LERNAEOPODIDAE) FROM GILL FILAMENTS OF A DIAMOND RAY (GYMNURA NATALENSIS) CAPTURED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND A KEY TO SPECIES OF SCHISTOBRACHIA, DENDRAPTA, AND BRIANELLA

Susan M. Dippenaar; Pieter A. S. Olivier; George W. Benz

doi:10.1645/GE-3268

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1 June 2004 SCHISTOBRACHIA JORDAANAE N. SP. (COPEPODA: SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA: LERNAEOPODIDAE) FROM GILL FILAMENTS OF A DIAMOND RAY (GYMNURA NATALENSIS) CAPTURED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND A KEY TO SPECIES OF SCHISTOBRACHIA, DENDRAPTA, AND BRIANELLA

Susan M. Dippenaar, Pieter A. S. Olivier, George W. Benz

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J. of Parasitology, 90(3):481-484 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3268

Abstract

Schistobrachia jordaanae n. sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) is described from adult female specimens collected from gill filaments of a diamond ray Gymnura natalensis (Gilchrist and Thompson, 1911) captured in the Indian Ocean off the South African coast. Schistobrachia jordaanae is best distinguished from its congeners by 2 unique characteristics: it possesses a necklike region between the origin of its maxillae and maxillipeds and the tips of its maxillae bifurcate repeatedly to form a rootlike anchor.

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Susan M. Dippenaar, Pieter A. S. Olivier, and George W. Benz "SCHISTOBRACHIA JORDAANAE N. SP. (COPEPODA: SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA: LERNAEOPODIDAE) FROM GILL FILAMENTS OF A DIAMOND RAY (GYMNURA NATALENSIS) CAPTURED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND A KEY TO SPECIES OF SCHISTOBRACHIA, DENDRAPTA, AND BRIANELLA," Journal of Parasitology 90(3), 481-484, (1 June 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3268

Received: 19 May 2003; Accepted: 1 November 2003; Published: 1 June 2004

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