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      A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water Translated title: Une nouvelle espèce de Peniculus (Copepoda : Siphonostomatoida) parasitant les poissons Myctophidae mésopélagiques: première découverte de la colonisation du genre en eau profonde

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      colonization, diel vertical migration, mesopelagic, Myctophidae, Peniculus, Pennellidae

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          Peniculus hokutoae n. sp. is described on the basis of an ovigerous adult female parasitizing the caudal fin of the myctophid fish Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905), collected from Suruga Bay, Japan. This is the first record of parasitism by this genus on mesopelagic myctophid fish. The new species is easily distinguished from other congeners in: (1) the presence of a conical process anterior to the rostrum; (2) the secondary elongation of the first pedigerous somite; (3) the incorporation of the third and fourth pedigerous somites into the trunk; (4) the unilobate maxillule bearing two unequal apical setae; (5) the lack of any processes on the first segment of the maxilla. Four morphological patterns of the cephalothorax, neck and anterior parts of the trunk can be found in the genus. We infer that initial colonization of a mesopelagic myctophid fish as host is likely to have occurred when the diurnally-migrating myctophid host was feeding in near-surface waters at night and was exposed to infective stages of Peniculus.

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          Peniculus hokutoae n. sp. est décrit sur la base d'une femelle adulte ovigère parasitant la nageoire caudale du poisson Myctophidae Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905), prélevée à Suruga Bay, au Japon. Il s'agit du premier signalement de parasitisme de ce genre chez les poissons myctophidés mésopélagiques. La nouvelle espèce se distingue facilement des autres congénères par : (1) la présence d’un processus conique antérieur au rostre ; (2) l'élongation secondaire du premier somite pédigère ; (3) l'incorporation des troisième et quatrième somites pédigères dans le tronc ; (4) le maxillule unilobé portant 2 soies apicales inégales ; (5) l'absence de processus sur le premier segment du maxillaire. Quatre types morphologiques du céphalothorax, du cou et des parties antérieures du tronc peuvent être trouvés dans le genre. Nous en déduisons que la colonisation initiale d'un poisson myctophidé mésopélagique en tant qu'hôte a probablement eu lieu lorsque l'hôte myctophidé, à migration diurne, se nourrissait la nuit dans des eaux proches de la surface et a été exposé aux stades infectants de Peniculus.

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                Author and article information

                Journal
                Parasite
                Parasite
                parasite
                Parasite
                EDP Sciences
                1252-607X
                1776-1042
                2018
                26 November 2018
                : 25
                : ( publisher-idID: parasite/2018/01 )
                : 58
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Takehara Station, Seotuchi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University 5-8-1 Minato-machi Takehara Hiroshima 725-0024 Japan
                [2 ] Department of Marine Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University Orido, Shimizu Shizuoka 424-8610 Japan
                [3 ] Life Sciences Department, The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD United Kingdom
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author: ohtsuka@ 123456hiroshima-u.ac.jp
                Article
                parasite180123 10.1051/parasite/2018057
                10.1051/parasite/2018057
                6254144
                30474599
                1ba69071-ffec-4797-b1fa-174da9e66370
                © S. Ohtsuka et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2018

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                : 29 August 2018
                : 01 November 2018
                Page count
                Figures: 3, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 29, Pages: 8
                Categories
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                colonization,diel vertical migration,mesopelagic,myctophidae,peniculus,pennellidae

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