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Spongiopsyllus adventicius new species and genus of Entomolepididae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) associated with sponges in Brazil

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Spongiopsyllus adventicius n. gen., n. sp. is a siphonostomatoid copepod found associated with sponges from Bahia and Pernambuco states, northeast of Brazil. The new genus has three postgenital urosomites in females and four in males, while all the other genera in the family have no more than two and three postgenital urosomites in females and males, respectively.

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Johnsson, R. Spongiopsyllus adventicius new species and genus of Entomolepididae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) associated with sponges in Brazil. Hydrobiologia 417, 115–119 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003815707337

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