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The invasive copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Lernaeidae): first record for Neuquén River,Patagonia, Argentina

  • María Agustina Waicheim,
  • Guillermo Blasetti,
  • Pedro Cordero,
  • Carlos A. Rauque,
  • Gustavo P. Viozzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.997
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 6
pp. 997 – 1001

Abstract

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We report the first record of the copepod Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) parasitizing Percichthys trucha (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) in the Neuquén River (Patagonia, Argentina). One specimen of P. trucha was found parasitized by two females of L. cyprinacea. Our record of L. cyprinacea in Neuquén River represents an increase of the known distribution range for this invasive species, which is apparently moving upstream in the Negro River Basin. This is the first record of L. cyprinacea in Neuquén Province.