Lepeophtheirus uluus Lewis, 1964

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

Lepeophtheirus uluus Lewis, 1964

Type host.

Caranx melampygus ( Carangidae ).

Other host and localities.

Caranx melampygus ( Carangidae ) from Oahu, Hawaii ( Lewis 1964b, Palm and Bray 2014). Reported as Dentigryps ulua on Caranx ignobilis from Heron Island, Australia ( Ho and Dojiri 1977).

Current host.

Caranx ignobilis ( Carangidae ).

Site of infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

25 and 4 (n = 4).

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 573 (voucher) (1 vial, 2 specimens ♂♀).

Remarks.

Lepeophtheirus uluus was originally described as Dentigryps ulua by Lewis (1964b) and then transferred to Lepeophtheirus by Hewitt (1971). The morphology of our specimens corresponds to the original description.