Microdajus tchesunovi sp. n. (Tantulocarida, Microdajidae) – A new crustacean parasite of from the White Sea

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• 作者：Gregory A. Kolbasov ; Alex ; ra S. Savchenko
• 关键词：Tantulocarida ; Microdajus ; New species ; Parasite ; SEM ; Tanaidacea ; White Sea
• 刊名：Experimental Parasitology
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：May 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：125
• 期：1
• 页码：13-22
• 全文大小：1382 K

文摘

A new species of Tantulocarida, Microdajus tchesunovi sp. n., was found on tanaid host, Typhlotanais sp. of the family Nototanaidae, collected from silty sediment in the Kandalaksha Bay in the White Sea. Several tantulus larvae, developing males at different stages of metamorphosis, and early stages of parthenogenetic females were found attached to different sites of their hosts. Ultrastructure of the new species was studied with SEM. Microdajus tchesunovi sp. n. can be easily distinguished from other species of the genus Microdajus Greve by the presence of a pair of longitudinal dorsal lamellae at the anterior end of the cephalon. It is also characterized by the presence of an endopod seta on the sixth thoracopod and the absence of thoracopodal endites. A morphological comparison of species of the family Microdajidae is presented in tabular form.