Copepoda source details
Boxshall, G.A., D.P. Barton, A. Kirke, X. Zhu & G. Johnson. (2022). Two new parasitic copepods of the family Sphyriidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Australian elasmobranchs. Systematic Parasitology. 99(6): 659-669.
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10.1007/s11230-022-10054-4 [view]
Boxshall, G.A., D.P. Barton, A. Kirke, X. Zhu & G. Johnson
2022
Two new parasitic copepods of the family Sphyriidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Australian elasmobranchs.
Systematic Parasitology
99(6): 659-669.
Publication
Two new species of the genus Tripaphylus Richiardi in Anonymous, 1878 (family Sphyriidae) are described from elasmobranch hosts caught as bycatch within the Demersal and Timor Reef Fisheries which operate in the Northern Territory exclusive economic zone. Tripaphylus squidwardi n. sp. was collected from Carcharhinus coatesi Whitley and had a prevalence of 11.6%. Tripaphylus dippenaarae n. sp. was collected from Rhizoprionodon acutus (Ru¨ppell) and had a prevalence of 28.2%. The new species are distinguished from existing congeneric species by the body proportions and shape of the adult female and by the arrangement of lobes on the ventral surface of the cephalothorax.
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Tripaphylus dippenaarae Boxshall, Barton, Kirke, Zhu & Johnson, 2022 (original description)
Tripaphylus squidwardi Boxshall, Barton, Kirke, Zhu & Johnson, 2022 (original description)
Tripaphylus squidwardi Boxshall, Barton, Kirke, Zhu & Johnson, 2022 (original description)
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone for Tripaphylus squidwardi Boxshall, Barton, Kirke, Zhu & Johnson, 2022
Holotype NTMAG Cr019479, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone, identified as Tripaphylus squidwardi Boxshall, Barton, Kirke, Zhu & Johnson, 2022
Description
Transformed adult female. Body (Fig. 1A) comprising cephalothorax, neck and trunk incorporating minute abdomen and ... [details]
Etymology
The shape of the head of this species resembles that of the character Squidward from the cartoon Sponge Bob. The ... [details]
Type material
Holotype female, intact with one missing egg sac, from Carcharhinus coatesi Whitley, 1939 (CARCOA 400, collected 27 ... [details]