Orbitacolax kyphosi sp. nov. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Bomolochidae) recovered from the brassy chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Actinopterygii) in Japan.
Crustaceana
97(3-4): 261-266.
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Orbitacolax kyphosi sp. nov. is described based on a single specimen of the female recovered from washing fluid of the brassy chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Centrachiformes, Kyphosidae) in Japan. K. vaigiensis is a new host and Kyphosidae is a new host group for the genus.
Key words. — Parasitic copepods, Cyclopoida, Bomolochidae, Actinopterygii, Centrachiformes, Kyphosidae