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Neoalbionella izawai n. sp. from the smallfin gulper shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker and additional host records for N. etmopteri (Yamaguti, 1939) off South Africa

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Neoalbionella Özdikmen, 2008 comprises 10 accepted species, which all infect sharks of Squaliformes and Carcharhiniformes. Adult females belonging to species of Neoalbionella, based on the maxillule palp armed with three setae and the maxilliped subchela claw with only one secondary denticle, were collected from sharks off the coast of South Africa. Neoalbionella izawai n. sp. collected from the anterodorsal part of the spiracle opening of Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker differs from its congeners by having maxillae that are separated except at the tapering tips where they are fused and that are longer than the trunk, uropods originating from the pointed posterior margin of the trunk and that are well developed, and maxillipeds without an additional spine at the base of the subchela barb. Neoalbionella etmopteri (Yamaguti, 1939) is herein reported from two new hosts (Etmopterus spp.) off South Africa.

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Acknowledgements

I thank the University of Limpopo (UL) and the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks board for field and laboratory support as well as BP Jordaan (then UL) for assistance during collection trips. I also thank Dr R. Leslie (DAFF) for collecting the specimens from the species of Etmopterus species aboard the R/V Africana.

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Funding to collect copepods from elasmobranchs at the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks board was provided by the University of Limpopo’s Department of Research Development and Administration.

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Dippenaar, S.M. Neoalbionella izawai n. sp. from the smallfin gulper shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker and additional host records for N. etmopteri (Yamaguti, 1939) off South Africa. Syst Parasitol 97, 669–673 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09934-4

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