A new species of argulus, a fish parasite from the Brazilian Amazon: (crustacea, branchiura)

Abstract

Argulus angelae sp. nov. was described from eleven fish species from the Solimões River, Catalão floodplain lake complex, Iranduba township, Amazonas, Brazil. The new species is characterized by five triangular and two oval flag-like protrusions on the male’s second and third pair of legs, respectively, and pigmentation on the carapace and cephalothorax’s dorsal part. © 2019, Verlag dr Friedrich Pfeil. All rights reserved.