Peniculus hokutoae
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peniculus-hokutoae-296-18033912
title:
Peniculus hokutoae
text:
Peniculus hokutoae is a species of parasitic pennellid copepod. It was described in 2018 from a single female. The type-host is the myctophid fish Symbolophorus evermanni and the type-locality is off Japan. The Japanese name of this species is hokuto-kozutsu-hijikimushi. According to Ohtsuka, Nishikawa & Boxshall, this species is the first record of parasitism by the genus Peniculus on a mesopelagic myctophid fish. The species was distinguished from other congeners by (1) the presence of a conic
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description:
Species of copepod
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peniculus_hokutoae
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date modified:
2022-09-11T06:02:20Z
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