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Protosarcotretes
Protosarcotretes nishikawai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Protosarcotretes
Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa, 2018

Protosarcotretes is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae. Its type-species is Protosarcotretes nishikawai.[1] This genus exhibits the most plesiomorphic states in the first to fourth legs of pennellids, and is differentiated from two closely related pennellid genera Sarcotretes and Lernaeenicus by the morphology of the oral appendages.

Species

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According to Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa (2018),[1] three species are included in the genus:

  • Protosarcotretes nishikawai
    Protosarcotretes nishikawai
  • Protosarcotretes nishikawai
    Protosarcotretes nishikawai
  • Protosarcotretes nishikawai
    Protosarcotretes nishikawai

References

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  1. ^ a b Ohtsuka, Susumu; Lindsay, Dhugal J.; Izawa, Kunihiko (2018). "A new genus and species of the family Pennellidae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) infecting the Pacific viperfish Chauliodus macouni". Parasite. 25: 6. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018003. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5806539. PMID 29424341. Open access icon


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