ARGULUS YAWEWITUS SP. N. (CRUSTACEA: BRANCHIURA) PARASITE OF ARAPAIMA GIGAS (SHINZ, 1822) (OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES: ARAPAIMIDAE) FROM BRAZIL

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https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20221621482

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fish ectoparasite, freshwater Argulidae, morphology, South America

Abstract

Argulus yawewitus n. sp. is described from pirarucu, Arapaima gigas (Shinz, 1822) from a fish farm in Northeast Brazil. The characteristics that distinguish it from other species are shape of the carapace, abdomen, respiratory areas, the ornamentation and morphology of the antena and antennule, the sexual dimorphism that distinguishes female from male, and the flag-like protrusions on the male’s second and third pair of legs.

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2022-10-25

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Silva Jtineant, A. K. ., Brito Porto, D. ., & de Oliveira Malta, J. C. . (2022). ARGULUS YAWEWITUS SP. N. (CRUSTACEA: BRANCHIURA) PARASITE OF ARAPAIMA GIGAS (SHINZ, 1822) (OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES: ARAPAIMIDAE) FROM BRAZIL. Neotropical Helminthology, 16(2), 123–132. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh20221621482

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