Evolutionary Tendencies Parasitic Copepods of Fish
Volume 2 - Issue 1
Kazachenko VN*
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- Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, Vladivostok, Russia
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Kazachenko VN, Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, Vladivostok, Russia
Received: July 16, 2018; Published: July 23, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/MAOPS.2018.02.000127
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Abstract
Parasitic copepods inhabit invertebrates and vertebrate’s animals. They have changed under the influence of parasitic life.
Changes affected the body form, the reduction of segments and limbs. They have neoplasms (horns, tree-like processes, bullae,
suckers, lamellar lobes, etc.).
Keywords: Parasitic Copepods; Evolution; Invertebrates; Vertebrates; Oligomerization; Plesiomorphic; Apomorphic; Appendages
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