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A new species of Taeniastrotos Cressey (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from southern Brazil

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A new species of Taeniastrotos is described from an ariid host, Cathrops spixii, caught in southern Brazil. It is the first member of the genus to be recorded from the Atlantic Ocean and can be distinguished from its four known congeners by the setation of the terminal endopodal segment of the fourth leg.

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  1. Departamento de Oceanografia, Fundação Universidade de Rio Grande, Cx. Postal 474, Rio Grande, CEP 96.201-900 RS, Brazil

    Monica A. Montú

  2. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

    Geoff A. Boxshall

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Montú, M.A., Boxshall, G.A. A new species of Taeniastrotos Cressey (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from southern Brazil. Syst Parasitol 36, 109–114 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005751912153

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