Caritus serratus Cressey, 1967

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

Caritus serratus Cressey, 1967

Type host:.

Chanos chanos ( Forsskål) ( Chanidae ).

Other host and localities.

Chanos chanos ( Chanidae ) from Nosy Bé, Madagascar ( Cressey 1967). Reported as Caritus tolii from Tenualosa toli (as Hilsa toli ) (Valenciennes) ( Clupeidae ) from Sassoon Docks, Bombay ( Rangnekar 1984).

Current host.

Chanos chanos ( Chanidae ).

Site of infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

20 and 4 (n = 5).

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 571 (voucher) (1 vial, 1 specimen ♀).

Remarks.

Currently, C. serratus is the unique valid species included in the genus Caritus . Morphological characteristics of our specimens agree well with the redescription provided by Dojiri and Ho (2013).