Lernaeopoda sp.

Montes, Martin M., Gómez, Sebastián, Castro, Raúl R., Bovcon, Nelson, Vettorazzi, Renzo I., Serrano, Claudio F., Reig Cardarella, German F., Ferrari, Walter, Cuevas, Juan Martin & Martorelli, Sergio R., 2023, How many species of genus Lernaeopoda Blainville, 1822 (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) are there in the southwestern Atlantic?, Zootaxa 5346 (4), pp. 469-488 : 475

Lernaeopoda sp. (X3)

Figs. 2C and 5

Host: Schroederichthys bivius Müller & Henle, 1838

Site of infection: claspers.

Locality: Rawson, Buenos Aires, Argentina (discarded from fisheries)

Material examined: 1 ovigerous ♀♀,

Voucher material: One adult (ovigerous) female specimen XXXX deposited in the Invertebrate Collection of Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Figures

FIGURE 2—Females of Lernaeopoda sp. A—with “short” maxilla (X1), from fins of Galeorhinus galeus. B—from palate of Schroederichthys bivius (X2). C—with “short” maxilla, from cloaca of Schroederichthys bivius (X3). D—with “long” maxilla, from palate of Schroederichthys bivius (X4). Scale Bars: A, B, D= 2 mm, C=1 mm.

FIGURE 5—Appendages of the female Lernaeopoda sp. (X3) from Schroederichthys bivius cloaca with “short” maxilla. A—Antennule. B—Antenna and detail of endopod armature. C—Mandible. D—Maxilulle. E—Maxilliped and details of claw, myxal area and pad of spinules. Abbreviations:Ab = Annexed barb, Cl = Claw, Co = Corpus, D = denticle, En = endopod, Ex = Exopodo, E = endite, P = palp, Rd = Rod denticles, S = Spine, So = Solus, Sp = spines on maxilliped, w = Whip, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 = Armature. Scale Bars: A = 50 µm, B= 200 µm, C = 25 µm, D = 25 µm, E = 25 µm.