New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Abergasilus amplexm gen. et sp. nov. (Ergasilidae; parasitic Copepoda) from fishes in Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand

G. C. Hewitt

Zoology Department, Victoria University of Wellington, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract This taxon is distinguished from other Ergasilidae by having only three pairs of legs, and a well-developed hook on the penultimate joint of the second antenna abutting against the claw-like terminal segment. A. amplexus has been reported from Anguilla australis, A. dieffenbachii, Perca fluviatilis, Carassius auratus, Retropinna retropinna, Physiculus bachus, Galaxias maculatus, Arripis trutta, Rhombosolea leporina, R. retiaria, and R. plebeia from Lake Ellesmere, near Christchurch, and from Anguilla australis from Makara River near Wellington. Both localities are euryhaline.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12(2): 173-7.
Received 12 lanuary 1977; revision received 20 October 1977.

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