Pas. Olivier et Jp. Vanniekerk, A NEW SPECIES OF LERNANTHROPUS DEBLAINVILLE, 1822 (COPEPODA, LERNANTHROPIDAE) FROM ST-LUCIA ESTUARY, SOUTH-AFRICA, South African journal of science, 91(1), 1995, pp. 44-48
A detailed description of both sexes of a new species, Lernanthropus c
apistroides, is given. Specimens were samples from the host Otolithes
ruber (Schneider, 1801), collected from Lake St. Lucia, South Africa.
Morphological detail was observed with the aid of scanning electron mi
croscopy. This species was compared with its nearest congener, L-gisle
ri van Beneden, 1852.