New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Occurrence and taxonomic status of the copepod Unicolax chrysophryenus Roubal, Armitage & Rohde, 1983 (Poecilostomatoida: Bomolochidae) parasitic on the snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

ANGELA D. SHARPLES CLIVE W. EVANS

School of Biological Sciences University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract The copepod Unicolax chrysophryenus was found to inhabit the nasal cavities of the snapper Pagrus auratus in northern New Zealand waters. In 1986, this species had been transferred to the genus Bomolochus based on its similarity to Bomolochus stocki Roubal, 1981 and an interpretation of published figures. Two hundred and sixty-five specimens of U. chrysophryenus were examined in this study and all possessed a straight 4th seta on the 1 st antenna of the female, a feature characteristic of the genus Unicolax and not of Bomolochus. The transfer of Unicolax chrysophryenus to the genus Bomolochus was thus invalid.

Keywords Unicolax chrysophryenus; Copepoda; Bomolochidae; Pagrus auratus

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1993: Vol. 27: The Royal Society of New Zealand 1993
Received 4 March 1993; accepted 6 April 1993

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