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A new genus and species of parasitic copepod collected from the fishes Calamus pennatula and Clepticus parrae from off Belize, Central America is described. The new genus is characterized by a very reduced sternal furca, a pair of sclerotized knobs between the interpodal plates of the first and second legs, and endopod of third leg with 4 setae.
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Cressey, R. Belizia brevicauda, a new genus and species of caligid copepod from the western Caribbean Sea. Syst Parasitol 15, 151–154 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009993
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