Description of a new species of Therodamas (Crustacea: Ergasilidae) from the gills of Trachelyopterus galeatus (Auchenipteridae) from the Brazilian Amazon
Abstract Therodamas comprises copepods that parasitize marine, brackish-water and freshwater fishes, and currently includes eight valid species. In this study, a new species for this genus was described from the gills of Trachelyopterus galeatus collected in the Jari River, eastern Amazon, Brazil. Parasites were analyz...