Scutocyamus antipodensis n.sp. (Amphipoda: Cyamidae) on Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) from New Zealand |
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| Authors: | Roger J Lincoln Desmond E Hurley |
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| Institution: | 1. N.Z. Oceanographic Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research , P.O. Box 12 346, Wellington, New Zealand;2. Department of Zoology , British Museum (Natural History) , Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K;3. N.Z. Oceanographic Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research , P.O. Box 12 346, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | The whale‐louse Scutocyamus antipodensis n.sp., ectoparasitic on Hector's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus hectori (van Beneden), is described and figured from material collected in Cloudy Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand. Morphologically the new species is very close to S. parvus Lincoln & Hurley, the type and only other species of the genus, known only from the North Sea. However, the two species differ in the detailed structure and spinosity of the body and pereopods. |
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| Keywords: | Scutocyamus antipodensis Crustacea Amphipoda Cyamidae whale‐louse parasites Cetacea Delphinidae Cephalorhynchus hectori |
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