Lernanthropus chrysophrys (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae) parasitic on a blackhead seabream, Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Sparidae), in Suruga Bay, central Japan, with a comment on the geographical distribution of the copepod in the Indo-West Pacific region

An adult female of Lernanthropus chrysophrys Shishido, 1898 was collected from the gill filament of a blackhea…

View More Lernanthropus chrysophrys (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae) parasitic on a blackhead seabream, Acanthopagrus schlegelii (Sparidae), in Suruga Bay, central Japan, with a comment on the geographical distribution of the copepod in the Indo-West Pacific region

Nerocila japonica (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on a Japanese seabass, Lateolabrax japonicus (Lateolabracidae), from the Pacific coast of central Japan, with a review of the geographical distribution of the isopod in Japan and East Asia

An ovigerous female of Nerocila japonica Schioedte and Meinert, 1881, was found to parasitize the pectoral fin…

View More Nerocila japonica (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on a Japanese seabass, Lateolabrax japonicus (Lateolabracidae), from the Pacific coast of central Japan, with a review of the geographical distribution of the isopod in Japan and East Asia

Brachiella thynni (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) parasitic on wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from off Japan, with an observation of its infection in the pectoral-fin axil of the host

The lernaeopodid copepod Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 is reported based on two ovigerous females from a waho…

View More Brachiella thynni (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) parasitic on wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, from off Japan, with an observation of its infection in the pectoral-fin axil of the host

Caligid copepods parasitic on yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, in the western North Pacific Ocean off central Japan, with a list of parasitic copepods of tunas (Auxis spp., Euthynnus affinis, Katsuwonus pelamis, and Thunnus spp.) in Japan (1894–2018)

A sample of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788), and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)…

View More Caligid copepods parasitic on yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, in the western North Pacific Ocean off central Japan, with a list of parasitic copepods of tunas (Auxis spp., Euthynnus affinis, Katsuwonus pelamis, and Thunnus spp.) in Japan (1894–2018)