Colobomatus-Icopaius (Copepoda, Philichthyidae), a New Species Parasitic on Lethrinus-Chrysostomus (Pisces, Lethrinidae), From the Great-Barrier-Reef

1 January 1989

journal article
research article
Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Zoology

Vol. 37 (1) , 95-100
https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9890095

Abstract

Colobomatus icopaius, sp. nov., was collected from the cephalic canal system associated with the preopercular bones of the sweetlip, Lethrinus chrysostomus Richardson, caught off Heron I. on the Great Barrier Reef. The female differs from those of all other described species in having a chitinised cephalic transverse process, a spinose oral pad, and bifid thoracic lobes, features which are suggested to function in maintaining the female in its feeding position.

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