The invasive copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Lernaeidae): first record for Neuqu eacute;n River,Patagonia, Argentina

We report the first record of the copepod Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) parasitizing Percichthys trucha (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) in the Neuquén River (Patagonia, Argentina). One specimen of P. trucha was found parasitized by two females of L. cyprinacea. Our record of L...

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Published inCheck list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 997 - 1001
Main Authors María Agustina Waicheim, Guillermo Blasetti, Pedro Cordero, Carlos A. Rauque, Gustavo P. Viozzi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pensoft Publishers 01.12.2017
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Summary:We report the first record of the copepod Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) parasitizing Percichthys trucha (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) in the Neuquén River (Patagonia, Argentina). One specimen of P. trucha was found parasitized by two females of L. cyprinacea. Our record of L. cyprinacea in Neuquén River represents an increase of the known distribution range for this invasive species, which is apparently moving upstream in the Negro River Basin. This is the first record of L. cyprinacea in Neuquén Province.
ISSN:1809-127X
DOI:10.15560/13.6.997