Akiteru Maeno

Non-destructive approach using micro-CT for understanding the strategy of mesoparasitism of the genus Cardiodectes (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) on marine fishes, with a new species description from coastal waters of the Ryukyu Islands, the western North Pacific

Abstract A new species of pennellid copepod (Siphonostomatoida), Cardiodectes laybackinabaueroides sp. nov., is described based on postmetamorphic adult females collected from the coastal waters of the Ryukyu Islands, western North Pacific, Japan. The new species differs from oth...