Copepods of the Family Chondracanthidae Parasitic on Australian Marine Fishes

Abstract

Three species of chondracanthid copepods are described from Australian marine fishes. They are Acanthochondria diastema Kabata, 1965 from Platycephalus sp.; Lagochondria nana gen. & sp. nov. from Callionymus sp.; and Apodochondria medusae gen. & sp. nov. from Neosebastes pandus. The first and last species were found in the collection of the South Australian Museum and the second species was collected from the Arafura Sea.