A new species of Hamaticolax (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) from Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae) in NW Mediterranean deep waters and notes on patterns of host use and host-specificity of the genus
Abstract:Hamaticolax juanji n. sp. is described from specimens collected from the blackbelly rosefish Helicolenus dactylopterus Delaroche 1809 (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae). It is the second Hamaticolax species described and reported from the Mediterranean Sea, after Ha. resupinus Pérez-i-García, Carrassón and Boxshall, 2017. It is distinguished from Ha. resupinus by the presence of only one dorsal naked seta on the third segment of the antennule (vs. four), two unequal short naked setae in distal part of the antenna (… Show more
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