Anuretes serratus Shiino, 1954

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

Anuretes serratus Shiino, 1954

Type host.

Prionurus scalprum (as Xesurus scalprum ) Valenciennes ( Acanthuridae ).

Other host and localities.

Prionurus scalprum (as Xesurus scalprum ) ( Acanthuridae ) from Seto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan ( Shiino 1954). Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker) ( Acanthuridae ) from Oahu, Hawaii ( Lewis 1964a, Palm and Bray 2014); from Japan and India ( Prabha and Pillai 1986). Prionurus microlepidotus Lacepède ( Acanthuridae ) from Australia ( Boxshall 2018).

Current host.

Acanthurus xanthopterus ( Acanthuridae ).

Site of infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

5 and 6 (n = 20).

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 561 (voucher) (1 vial, 1 specimen ♀).

Remarks.

The validity of the genus Anuretes is questionable given the considerable morphological overlap with the members of Lepeophtheirus ( Dojiri and Ho 2013). Currently, Anuretes includes 21 valid species ( Boxshall 2018, Walter and Boxshall 2018); of which A. serratus may be distinguished by stout spines on distal exopodal segment of leg 1, and a branched spine on first exopodal segment of leg 2 ( Shiino 1954, Lewis 1964a), which were clearly observed in our specimens. In addition, A. serratus lacks sternal furca. According to Dojiri and Ho (2013), a sternal furca is rarely absent in species of Anuretes .