Kroyeria longicauda Cressey, 1970

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

Kroyeria longicauda Cressey, 1970

Type host.

Carcharhinus limbatus ( Müller & Henle) ( Carcharhinidae ).

Other host and localities.

Carcharhinus limbatus ( Carcharhinidae ) from Florida. Carcharhinus brevipinna ( Müller & Henle) ( Carcharhinidae ) from Madagascar ( Deets 1994).

Current host.

Carcharhinus melanopterus ( Carcharhinidae ).

Site of infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

40 and 16 ± 2.8 (n = 5).

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 579 (voucher) (1 vial, 1 specimen ♀). USNM No. 155607 (voucher) (1 vial, 1 specimen ♀).

Remarks.

The family Kroyeriidae comprises three genera, Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932 with nine species, Kroyeria with 15 species, and Prokroyeria Deets, 1987 with a single species ( Walter and Boxshall 2018). Within Kroyeria , K. longicauda can be identified by the lateral tine on the deeply incised, bifid dorsal stylet, the lateral cuticular flange on the caudal rami, and the small number of unusually large endopodal denticulations of legs 1 to 4 that are unique to this species ( Deets 1994).