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Parasite
Volume 27, 2020
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Article Number | 40 | |
Number of page(s) | 13 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020038 | |
Published online | 28 May 2020 |
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Research Article
A new species of Brachiella (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with relegation of two genera Charopinopsis and Eobrachiella to junior synonyms of Brachiella
Une nouvelle espèce de Brachiella (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) de Malaisie péninsulaire, avec relégation des deux genres Charopinopsis et Eobrachiella en synonymes juniors de Brachiella
1
Takehara Station, Setouchi Field Science Centre, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minato-Machi, Takehara, Hiroshima
725-0024, Japan
2
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Szczecin, ul. Mickiewicza 16, 70-383
Szczecin, Poland
3
School of Animal Science, Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 22200
Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
* Corresponding author: ohtsuka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Received:
25
March
2020
Accepted:
14
May
2020
Both sexes of Brachiella malayensis n. sp. are described on the basis of specimens found in the nostrils of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède) collected off Besut, Malaysia. The female of this species closely resembles those of B. magna Kabata, 1968 and B. cybii Pillai, Prabha et Balaraman, 1982 but is distinguishable mainly by the body size and the proportions of the cephalosome, posterior processes and caudal rami. While examining the male, we noticed a systematic inconsistency in some lernaeopodid genera. The genus Brachiella Cuvier, 1830, represented by its type-species Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830, and two monotypic genera Charopinopsis Yamaguti, 1963 and Eobrachiella Ho et Do, 1984, represented by Charopinopsis quaternia (Wilson, 1935) and Eobrachiella elegans (Richiardi, 1880), respectively, share distinct synapomorphies in the embracing (vs. pinching) elongate male maxilliped and the female trunk with a pair of long, cylindrical ventroposterior processes (in addition to a pair of modified caudal rami), both of which are involved in their unique reproductive strategy. The latter two genera are herewith relegated to junior synonyms of Brachiella.
Résumé
Les deux sexes de Brachiella malayensis n. sp. sont décrits sur la base de spécimens trouvés dans les narines du Thazard rayé Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède) collecté au large de Besut, en Malaisie. La femelle de cette espèce ressemble étroitement à celles de B. magna Kabata, 1968 et B. cybii Pillai, Prabha et Balaraman, 1982, mais se distingue principalement par la taille du corps et les proportions du céphalosome, les processus postérieurs et les rami caudaux. En examinant le mâle, nous avons remarqué une incohérence systématique dans certains genres de Lernaeopodidae. Le genre Brachiella Cuvier, 1830, représenté par son espèce-type Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830, et deux genres monotypiques Charopinopsis Yamaguti, 1963 et Eobrachiella Ho et Do, 1984, représentés par Charopinopsis quaternia (Wilson, 1935) et Eobrachiella elegans (Richiardi, 1880), respectivement, partagent des synapomorphies distinctes dans le maxillipède allongé (plutôt que pincé) et le tronc féminin avec une paire de longs processus cylindro-ventro-postérieurs (en plus d’une paire de rami caudaux modifiés), tous deux impliqués dans leur stratégie de reproduction unique. Les deux derniers genres sont ici relégués comme synonymes juniors de Brachiella.
Key words: Brachiella / Charopinopsis / Eobrachiella / Lernaeopodidae / Malaysia
© S. Ohtsuka et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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