2012
DOI: 10.1163/156854012x623674
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Echthrogaleus mitsukurinae sp. nov. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) infesting the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 in Japanese waters

Abstract: Echthrogaleus mitsukurinae sp. nov. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae) is described based on a female recovered from the body surface of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898, captured on the slope of the Tokyo Canyon at about 400 m depth in Tokyo Bay, Japan. This new species is easily distinguishable from all its congeners in having the following unique features in the female: (1) the lateral lobes of the cephalothorax and the lateral plates of pediger 2 are devoid of marginal membranes, (… Show more

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