Species Hermilius youngi Kabata, 1964

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• Hermilius youngi Kabata, Z. 1964. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. I. Hermilius youngi sp. nov. (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 609-618 [609].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Reg. No. B.M. (N.H.) 1965.1.21.8. ♀ (Moreton Bay, Queensland), Brisbane, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) BMNH Reg. No. B.M. (N.H.) 1965.1.21.8. ♀ (Moreton Bay, Queensland), Brisbane, Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Neoarius graeffei (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Blue catfish), marine.

 

Diagnosis

The main discriminant feature of the new species is the shape of the genital segment, provided with lateral alae and with posterior and anterior lobes.

 

Diagnosis References

Kabata, Z. 1964. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. I. Hermilius youngi sp. nov. (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7: 609-618 [609]

 

General References

Boxshall, G. 2018. The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa 4398(1): 1-172 [139, Fig. 66]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023	COPEPODA H. Milne Edwards, 1840	21-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
23-Apr-2018	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED