Lernanthropus sp.

Soler-Jimenez, Lilia C., Morales-Serna, F. Neptali, Aguirre-Macedo, Ma. Leopoldina, McLaughlin, John P., Jaramillo, Alejandra G., Shaw, Jenny C., James, Anna K., Hechinger, Ryan F., Kuris, Armand M., Lafferty, Kevin D. & Vidal-Martinez, Victor M., 2019, Parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Hexanauplia) on fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific, ZooKeys 833, pp. 85-106 : 85

Lernanthropus sp.

Current host.

Kyphosus cinerascens ( Forsskål) ( Kyphosidae ).

Site of infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

50 and 2 (n = 2).

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 580 (voucher) (1 vial, 1 specimen ♀).

Remarks.

The genus Lernanthropus includes about 120 species and it is one of the commonest genera of parasitic copepods on marine fishes. In this study, a single female of Lernanthropus sp. was collected. We were unable to proceed with the species identification because of the lack of specimens for dissection, which is necessary to observe appendages of the cephalothorax as well as legs 1 and 2. Even with enough material, the identification of Lernanthropus sp. is quite difficult because many species have not been described with sufficient detail ( Koyuncu et al. 2012).