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Tripaphylus squidwardi Boxshall, Barton, Kirke, Zhu & Johnson, 2022
Description Fig. 1 Female specimen of Tripaphylus squidwardi collected from Carcharhinus coatesi. A Female embedded into the ventral gill flap with the abdomen visible in region of the gill. Tape measure indicates millimetres. B Ventral skin removed from the throat region of the shark, exposing the head (arrow) of two specimens of Tripaphylus squidwardi. C A female T. squidwardi fully dissected from the ventral throat region of the shark in situ. D A female T. squidwardi removed from the shark. Tape measure indicates centimetres. a, abdomen of copepod; g, gill of shark; v, ventral surface of shark
Source: Barton, D.P., A. Kirke, G. Johnson & G. Boxshall. (2022). Pathology associated with Tripaphylus Richiardi, 1878 infection (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) in wild-caught Australian blackspot sharks, Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley, 1939), off northern Australia. Parasitology Research. 121(11):3337-3340. Sep 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07662-w
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