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. (X2)

Figs. 2B and 4

Host: Schroederichthys bivius Müller & Henle, 1838

Site of infection: palate inside the mouth.

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 4—Appendages of the Lernaeopoda sp. (X2) female with “short” maxilla, on palate of Schroederichthys bivius A—Antennule. B—Antenna. Detail of endopod and armature. B1—Other view of the endopod. C—Mandible. D—Maxillule. E—Maxilliped and detail of claw, myxal area and pad of spinules. Abbreviations: Ab = Annexed barb, Cl= Claw, Co = Corpus, Dp = Denticle pad, E= Endite, En = Endopod, Ex = Exopod, 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 and B =100um, C = 50, D = 25, E = 100.