Naobranchia variabilis (lat.) Is a species of ectoparasitic marine [1] copepods of the family Lernaeopodidae . These parasites infect the gill lobes of various fish (including Brevoortia patronus , Chilomycterus schoepfi , Lagocephalus inermis , Ogcocephalus radiatus , Tetractenos hamiltoni [1] ), leading to gill pathology in fish - to a tumor on the gill lobes [2] [3] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Species of Naobranchia variabilis (English) in the World Register of Marine Species .
- ↑ Roubal, Frank R. Extent of gill pathology in the toadfish Tetractenos hamiltoni caused by Naobranchia variabilis (Copepoda: Naobranchiidae) (Eng.) // Dis Aquat Org. - Vol. 35 . - P. 203-211 .
- ↑ Zimmermann, Mark; Harrison, Robin C. & Jones, Anthony F. Differential parasitism by Naobranchia occidentalis (Copepoda: Naobranchiidae) and Nectobrachia indivisa (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on northern rock sole ( Lepidopsetta polyxystra Orr and Matarese, 2000) and southern rock sole ( L.il Ayres, 1855) in Alaskan waters (Eng.) // Fish. Bull .. - 2000 (2001). - Vol. 99 . - P. 371-380 . Archived October 15, 2011.