Caligus madeirensissp. nov. (Copepoda: Caligidae) Parasitic on Pompano,Trachinotus ovatus(Linnaeus, 1758), from Eastern Atlantic Waters, Surrounding the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal

Hamdi I., Hermida M., Kamanli S. A., Benmansour B., ÖZAK A. A., Boxshall G. A.

ACTA PARASITOLOGICA, cilt.66, sa.2, ss.361-376, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 66 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11686-020-00290-3
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA PARASITOLOGICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.361-376
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Parasite, Copepod, Caligus, Portugal, Marine fish, PLATICHTHYS-FLESUS LINNAEUS, FLATFISH PLEURONECTIFORMES, SIPHONOSTOMATOID COPEPODS, METAZOAN ECTOPARASITES, EUROPEAN FLOUNDER, MARINE FISHES, SEA, COAST, MACKEREL
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction A new species of the genusCaligusis described based on specimens collected from pompano,Trachinotus ovatus(Linnaeus), caught in eastern Atlantic waters, near the Madeira archipelago. Methods Pompano (n = 21) were purchased from the local fish market and examined for parasitic copepods. Morphological features of the copepods were examined and drawn using an Olympus BX51 equipped with a drawing tube. Key diagnostic characters were scanned using a confocal laser scanning microscope and a scanning electron microscope. Results Caligus madeirensissp. nov., can be distinguished from all congeners (270 spp.) by the combination of the following characters: (i) an accessory process on the 3 outer terminal spines located on the distal exopodal segment of leg 1, (ii) a mandible with 14 teeth, (iii) a sternal furca with parallel, spatulate tines, (iv) a maxilliped with 2 simple setae at base of a claw, (v) a leg 3 with second endopodal segment with 5 pinnate setae, (vi) a 2-segmented leg 4 exopod with I; III spine formula, (vii) a male antenna with 4 overlapping plates on the distal segment, (viii) a male maxilliped corpus bearing a prominent myxal process ornamented with dense corrugations along inner margin. Conclusion Together withCaligus madeirensissp. nov., theCaligusfauna of Portugal consists of 13 species reported from 17 Portuguese marine fishes. Considering the large number of marine fish species (510 spp.) currently recorded from Portuguese waters it seems that only 3.3% of the Portuguese marine fishes have been found to be infested with species of the genusCaligusO.F. Muller, 1758, the result of which, however, might be due to limited sampling.