Pseudosarcotretes omorii

Taxonavigation

Familia: Pennellidae
Genus: Pseudosarcotretes
Species: Pseudosarcotretes omorii

Name

Pseudosarcotretes omorii Yumura, Nishikawa & Ohtsuka, 2024

Type locality: The east coast of Miho Peninsula, Japan. 34°59′05″N 138°30′59″E / 34.9847°N 138.5164°E / 34.9847; 138.5164.

Type host: Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915.

Holotype: NSMT-Cr 31576.

Paratypes: NSMT-Cr 31577–31581.

Etymology: named after Makoto Omori.

References

• Yumura, N., Nishikawa, J., Ohtsuka, S. 2024. A New Species and a New Genus of the Family Pennellidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) Parasitic on North Pacific Lightfish Maurolicus japonicus (Actinopterygii: Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) Collected from Suruga Bay, Japan. Species Diversity. 29(1): 81–90. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.81 . Reference page. 

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