Redescription of Lernaeenicus longiventris Wilson, 1917 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) Parasitic on the Pacific Crevalle Jack Caranx caninus (Carangidae) Through Morphological and Molecular Analyses.
Juan Manuel Osuna-CabanillasFrancisco Neptalí Morales-SernaBalu Alagar Venmathi MaranJosé Antonio Cruz-BarrazaPublished in: Acta parasitologica (2022)
Lernaeenicus longiventris is the unique species of the genus in the Mexican Pacific and the Gulf of California, and also the unique species of Lernaeenicus infecting C. caninus. Molecular data of L. longiventris from host and locality type are required to avoid misidentification of this species.