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one stout claw, three hooked spines, and two setae 

 rather than five digitate claws as reported by Ben- 

 net. Bennet, like Shen in describing P. opistho- 

 pteri, reported no setae on the first maxilla; there 

 are, however, three short setae present which may 

 be difficult to detect in some specimens. The sec- 

 ond segment of the second maxilla is produced 

 posteriorly, a character not apparent from Ben- 

 net's figure. The exopod second segment of leg 1 

 has six plumose setae and three small spinules 

 rather than seven plumose setae; the endopod sec- 

 ond segment has six rather than four plumose 

 setae. Bennet stated that the basipods of legs 2-4 

 are 2-segmented, these 2 segments are actually 

 the coxopod and the basipod; the basipod of leg 2 

 has a patch of scalelike spinules near the insertion 

 of the endopod. The second exopod segment of legs 

 2-4 each have small patches of spinules and weak 

 outer spines in addition to the apical clawiike 

 spine noted by Bennet. The "hairs" present on the 

 outer endopod margins of legs 2-4, as noted by 

 Bennet, are actually flattened, scalelike spinules. 

 The free segment of leg 5 is 1-segmented, not 

 2-segmented, and has one lateral and three termi- 

 nal setae. Leg 6 consists of three rather than two 

 setae on the genital segment. 



Putniliopes sqtiamosns Cressey 

 and Boyle 1973 



Originally described from Sardinella zunasi 

 from Nagasaki, Japan. Additional collections 

 include 4 9 from S. fimbriata (BM 1965.7.5:1-10) 

 from Hong Kong; 3 9 from S. fimbriata 



(BM 1966.11.16:57-70) from Nosy Be, Madagascar; 

 13 9 from S. zunasi (BM 1905.6.6:13-22, BM 

 1971.2.8:151-153) from Japan; 2 9 from S.jussieui 

 (MCZ 30806) from Batavia. All copepods collected 

 from the orbit of the host fish. 



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1964. On Bomolochus sardinellae sp. nov. (Copepoda, Cy- 

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1966. Bomolochus varunae, a new species of parasitic 

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1967. On Bomolochus jonesi sp. nov. parasitic on the eye of 

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1975. Pumiliopsis spathepedes sp. nov., a cyclopoid copepod 

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Cressey, R. E, and H. Boyle. 



1973. Five new bomolochid copepods parasitic on Indo- 



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1967. Redescription oiBomolochus sardinellae Bennet and 



its transfer to Pumiliopsis gen. nov. (Copepodai. Crus- 



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Pseudorbitacolax gen. nov. (Copepoda: Bomolochidaei. J. 



Zoo). Soc. India 23:13-19. 

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