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A new family of parasitic copepods, the Lernaeosoleidae (Poecilostomatoida), from demersal fishes in the Northwest Atlantic, with a description of Bobkabata kabatabobbus n.gen., n.sp. and a redescription of Lernaeosolea lycodis Wilson, 1944

W. E. Hogans, George W. Benz

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Bobkabata kabatabobbus n.gen., n. sp., collected from the flesh of Cottunculus thomsoni (Günther, 1882) from the Northwest Atlantic, is described. A species of similiar general habitus, Lernaeosolea lycodis Wilson, 1944, is redescribed from the holotype specimen. Bobkabata kabatabobbus n.gen., n.sp. and L. lycodis are placed in a new family, Lernaeosoleidae, based on the structure of the trunk and second antenna. The Lernaeosoleidae n.fam. appears most closely related to the poecilostomatoid family Chondracanthidae H. Milne Edwards, 1840.

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Key concepts: Biology, Holotype, Demersal zone, Taxonomy (biology), Zoology, Perciformes, Paratype, Lutjanidae