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| Rank: | Species |
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|---|---|---|
| Parent: | Peniculus | |
| Specific Name: | hokutoae | |
| Authorship: | Ohtsuka, Nishikawa & Boxshall | |
| Publication: | A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in the deep water. Parasite 25: Article number 58. | |
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| Figure(s): | 1-2 | |
| Type Specimen(s): | Holotype: ovigerous adult female attached to caudal fin of Symbolophorus evermanni (NSMT-P 132778), total length 50.9 mm, July 12, 2018; dissected, cephalothorax, mouthpart appendages and legs 1 and 2 in one slide, trunk and eggs in a vial (NSMT-Cr 25880). | |
| Type Locality: | Depths of 0 to 917.9 m in Suruga Bay (35˚03'20"N, 138˚41'00"E), Japan. | |
| Fossil: | No | |
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