ABSTRACT

A detailed redescription of Lernanthropus kroyeri van Beneden, 1851 is provided based on observations made with the aid of scanning electron microscopy. Specimens were obtained from the host, the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (L., 1758) obtained from a commercial aquaculture enterprise in Izmir (western Turkey).

Keywords: Copepod parasite, Lernanthropus kroyeri, sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, SEM