A new genus of caligoid copepod from the fish genus Apogon

A new genus of parasitic copepod is described from the tongue of the cardinalfish, Apogon mosavi Dale from Grand Bahamas Is., collected by G. Dale. The new genus is characterized by the absence of a sternal furca and the posterior lobes of the genital segment which surround and extend well beyond the posterior margins of the reduced abdomen and caudal rami.