WoRMS taxon details
Eubrachiella sublobulata Barnard, 1955
351650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:351650)
accepted
Species
Eubrachiella gaini sublobulata Kabata, 1967 · unaccepted
Neobrachiella sublobulata (Barnard, 1955) · unaccepted
Parabrachiella sublobulata (Barnard, 1955) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomic remark Remarks. Eubrachiella sublobulata was originally described from specimens collected from the gill filaments of C. torvus...
Taxonomic remark Remarks. Eubrachiella sublobulata was originally described from specimens collected from the gill filaments of C. torvus off Table Bay. However, due to incomplete information about the structure and armature of the appendages it was tentatively transferred to the genus Neobrachiella (Ho & Takeuch 1996). Piasecki et al. (2010) transferred all Neobrachiella species to Parabrachiella and thus N. sublobulata became Parabrachiella sublobulata. A thorough re-examination of the original material revealed that even though the majority of morphological characteristics of the appendages of both males and females are almost identical to species of the genus Parabrachiella, they differed from Parabrachiella species by the presence of numerous, unequal protuberances (vestiges of posterior processes) present posteriorly on the female trunk instead of well-developed posterior processes as in Parabrachiella. Additionally, the transverse constriction separating the male posterior genito-abdominal complex from the cephalothorax and the anteriorly flexed posterior extremity that points forward is also different from those in Parabrachiella species. Thus, this species should remain a member of the genus Eubrachiella. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Eubrachiella sublobulata Barnard, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=351650 on 2024-09-18
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original description
Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eubrachiella gaini sublobulata Kabata, 1967) Kabata, Z. (1967). Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. VI. Some caligoid species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(9):563-570, figs. 1-2. (9-iii-1967). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lebepe, M.C. & S.M. Dippenaar. (2016). Barnard's Brachiella sp., Parabrachiella supplicans (Barnard, 1955) and Eubrachiella sublobulata (Barnard, 1955) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) deposited in the Iziko South African Museum. Zootaxa, 4061(1):51-60. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eubrachiella gaini sublobulata Kabata, 1967) Kabata, Z. (1967). Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. VI. Some caligoid species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(9):563-570, figs. 1-2. (9-iii-1967). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lebepe, M.C. & S.M. Dippenaar. (2016). Barnard's Brachiella sp., Parabrachiella supplicans (Barnard, 1955) and Eubrachiella sublobulata (Barnard, 1955) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) deposited in the Iziko South African Museum. Zootaxa, 4061(1):51-60. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Taxonomic remark Remarks. Eubrachiella sublobulata was originally described from specimens collected from the gill filaments of C. torvus off Table Bay. However, due to incomplete information about the structure and armature of the appendages it was tentatively transferred to the genus Neobrachiella (Ho & Takeuch 1996). Piasecki et al. (2010) transferred all Neobrachiella species to Parabrachiella and thus N. sublobulata became Parabrachiella sublobulata. A thorough re-examination of the original material revealed that even though the majority of morphological characteristics of the appendages of both males and females are almost identical to species of the genus Parabrachiella, they differed from Parabrachiella species by the presence of numerous, unequal protuberances (vestiges of posterior processes) present posteriorly on the female trunk instead of well-developed posterior processes as in Parabrachiella. Additionally, the transverse constriction separating the male posterior genito-abdominal complex from the cephalothorax and the anteriorly flexed posterior extremity that points forward is also different from those in Parabrachiella species. Thus, this species should remain a member of the genus Eubrachiella. [details]