Jp. Vanniekerk et Pas. Olivier, ALELLA GIBBOSA, A NEW SPECIES OF LERNAEOPOPIDAE (COPEPODA), FROM LAKEST-LUCIA, SOUTH-AFRICA, South African journal of science, 91(1), 1995, pp. 41-44
A derailed description of both sexes of a new species, Alella gibbosa,
is given, Specimens were sampled from the host, Rhabdosargus sarba (F
orsskal, 1775), collected from Lake St, Lucia, South Africa. Morpholog
ical detail was observed with the aid of scanning electron microscopy.
This species was compared with its congeners, A. pagelli, A, macrotra
chelus, A, pterobrachiata and A. ditrematis.