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Neobrachiella kabatai n. sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) parasitic on Isacia conceptionis (Cuvier) (Osteichthyes: Pomadasyidae) from Peruvian waters

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Neobrachiella kabatai n. sp., parasitic on the pomadasyid fish Isacia conceptionis (Cuvier) from the Peruvian central coast, is described and illustrated. The new species differs from other species of Neobrachiella in a combination of characters, including the number of trunk posterior processes and the trunkcephalothorax length ratio.

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  1. José Luis Luque

    Present address: Curso de Pós-Graduação em Parasitologia Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 74512, 23.851, Seropedica, RJ, Brasil

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  1. Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma, P.O. Box 797, 18, Lima, Perú

    José Luis Luque & César Farfán

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Luque, J.L., Farfán, C. Neobrachiella kabatai n. sp. (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) parasitic on Isacia conceptionis (Cuvier) (Osteichthyes: Pomadasyidae) from Peruvian waters. Syst Parasitol 20, 135–139 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007389

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