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A Revision of the Genera Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lutken and Pseudopetalus Nov

A Revision of the Genera Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lutken and Pseudopetalus Nov A REVISION OF THE GENERA PARAPETALUS STEENSTRUP & LUTKEN AND PSEUDOPETALUS NOV. BY N. KRISHNA PILLAI Marine Biological Laboratory, Trivandrum 7, India During the course of a general survey of the copepod parasites of the fishes of the Kerala coast, India, I have been able to collect all but one of the species so far assigned to the genus Parapetalu.r. As certain aspects of the morphology and taxonomy of some of the species appear to need clarification a revision of the genus is attempted. I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to Dr. C. C. John, Pro- fessor of Marine Biology and Fisheries, for much help rendered in various ways during the course of this study. I am greatly indebted to Mr. P. Kirtisinghe for his many constructive suggestions, most of which I have been able to accept. The material described here is deposited in the Marine Biological Laboratory, Trivandrum. HISTORY OF THE GENUS Steenstrup and Liitken (1861) described the genus Parapetalus as differing from Caligu.r O. F. M311er in the genital segment being "girded with a mem- branous wing and the tail furnished with two elongate, retrovert wings which are in the form of a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

A Revision of the Genera Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lutken and Pseudopetalus Nov

Pillai, N. Krishna
Crustaceana , Volume 3 (4): 285 – Jan 1, 1962
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A REVISION OF THE GENERA PARAPETALUS STEENSTRUP & LUTKEN AND PSEUDOPETALUS NOV. BY N. KRISHNA PILLAI Marine Biological Laboratory, Trivandrum 7, India During the course of a general survey of the copepod parasites of the fishes of the Kerala coast, India, I have been able to collect all but one of the species so far assigned to the genus Parapetalu.r. As certain aspects of the morphology and taxonomy of some of the species appear to need clarification a revision of the genus is attempted. I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to Dr. C. C. John, Pro- fessor of Marine Biology and Fisheries, for much help rendered in various ways during the course of this study. I am greatly indebted to Mr. P. Kirtisinghe for his many constructive suggestions, most of which I have been able to accept. The material described here is deposited in the Marine Biological Laboratory, Trivandrum. HISTORY OF THE GENUS Steenstrup and Liitken (1861) described the genus Parapetalus as differing from Caligu.r O. F. M311er in the genital segment being "girded with a mem- branous wing and the tail furnished with two elongate, retrovert wings which are in the form of a

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Published: Jan 1, 1962

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