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Issue: Vol. 5691 No. 2: 9 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.6
Page range: 312-328
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Three new species of Lernanthropus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Vietnam

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; 100-let Vladivostoku Ave. 159; 690022 Vladivostok; Russia
Crustacea parasites Lernanthropus taxonomy hosts new taxa

Abstract

Three new species of copepods of the genus Lernanthropus de Blainville, 1822 (Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Vietnam are described and illustrated: Lernanthropus hexodonis Kovaleva, sp. nov., L. kazachenkoi Kovaleva, sp. nov., and L. marginatus Kovaleva, sp. nov.

 

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How to Cite

Kovaleva, N.N. (2025) Three new species of Lernanthropus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5691 (2), 312–328. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.6