MSBIAS taxon details

Lernanthropus kroyeri Beneden, 1851

135887  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135887)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. [Research on some lower Crustaceans.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (3)16:71-131, pls. 2-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus kroyeri Beneden, 1851. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135887 on 2026-05-28
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Lernanthropus kroyeri Beneden, 1851. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135887 on 2026-05-28
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original description Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. [Research on some lower Crustaceans.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (3)16:71-131, pls. 2-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Davey, J.T. (1980). Spatial distribution of the copepod parasite Lernanthropus kroyeri on the gills of bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 60(4):106l-1067, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-3. (xi-1980), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042107 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hesse, E. (1878). Description des mâles, non encore connus, des Lernanthropes de Gisler et de Kroyer, ainsi que de la femelle d'une espèce nouvelle, dessinés et peints d'après des individues vivants (fin). Revue des Sciences Naturelles, Montpellier 7:1-21, pls. 1-2. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Manera, M. & B.S. Dezfuli. (2003). Lernanthropus kroyeri infections in farmed sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax: pathological features. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 57(1-2):177-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/dao057177 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Poquet, M. 1984. Datos ultraestructurales de las concreciones minerales en las celulas epiteliales del intestino medio de Lernanthropus kroyerii van Beneden (Crustacea, Copepoda), parasito de Dicentrarchus labrax. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Biologica 80(1-2) (1982):119-129. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Poquet, M. (1984). Ultrastructura del tracto digestivo de copépodos parásitos de Pesces: Lernanthropus kroyerii van Beneden y Caligus minimus Otto. [Ultrastructure of the digestive tract of parasitic copepods of fish: Lernanthropus kroyerii van Beneden and Caligus minimus Otto.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona.</em> 255 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pocquet, M. (1983). Characteristiques ultrastructurales del tegument de Lernanthropus kroyeri van Beneden (Crustacea, Copepoda). [Ultrastructural characteristics of the tegument of Lernanthropus kroyeri van Beneden (Crustacea, Copepoda).]. <em>Butlleti de la Institucio Catalana d'Historie Natural, Zoologia.</em> 49(5):49-56. [details] 

additional source Ragias, V., D. Tontis & F. Athanassopoulou. (2004). Incidence of an intense Caligus minimus Otto 1821, C. pageti Russel, 1925, C. mugilis Brian, 1935 and C. apodus Brian, 1924 infection in lagoon cultured sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) in Greece. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 242(1-4):727-733., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.08.019 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Samak, O.A.A. (2005). Mode of attachment and histopathological impacts associated with the parasitic copepod Lernanthropus kroyeri infesting gills of the Sea Bass fish, Dicentrarchus labrax in Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 48(D):1-22. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Scott, A. (1907). Faunistic notes; Notes on food of young fishes. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 21:191-198, pls. 1-5. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Toksen, E. (2007). Lernanthropus kroyeri van Beneden, 1851 (Crustacea: Copepoda) infections of cultured sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.). <em>Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists.</em> 27(2):49-53. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Toksen, E., H. Cagirgan, T.T. Tanrikul & H. Saygi. (2006). The effect of emamectin benzoate in the control of Lernanthropus kroyeri (van Beneden, 1851) (Lernanthropidae) infestations in cultured sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.</em> 30(4):405-409. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Toksen, E., E. Nemli & U. Degirmenci. (2008). The morphology of Lernanthropus kroyeri van Beneden, 1851 (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae) parasitic on sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L., 1758), from the Aegean Sea, Turkey. <em>Turkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi.</em> 32(4):386-389. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Henry, M.A., M.N. Alexis, E. Fountoulaki, I. Nengas & G. Rigos. (2009). Effects of a natural parasitical infection (Lernanthropus kroyeri) on the immune system of European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L. Parasite Immunology 31(12):729-740., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01150.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Toksen, E., E. Nemli & M. Cankurt. (2009). The effect of Teflubenzuron on the control of Lernanthropus kroyeri (van Beneden, 1851) (Lernanthropidae) infestations in cultured sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 29(6):205-209. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Toksen, E., U. Degirmenci & M. Cankurt. (2010). The effect of Trichlorfon on the control of Lernanthropus kroyeri (van Beneden, 1851) (Lernanthropidae) infestations in Cultured Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 30(6):205-210. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Abu-Samak, O.A. & A.E. Said. (2008). Population dynamics of the monogeneans, Diplectanum aequans and D. laubieri and the copepod, Lernanthropus kroyeri infesting the gills of the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax in Egypt. <em>Journal of the Egyptian-German Society of Zoology.</em> 56D:225-245. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Öktener ,A., H.T. Koc & Z. Erdogan (2010). Lernanthropus kroyeri on the cultured sea bass from the Black Sea of Turkey. <i>e-Journal of New World Sciences Academy NWSA</i>. 5(4):332-335. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Antonelli, L., Q.C. Yann & B. Marchand. (2012). Lernanthropus kroyeri (Van Beneden and Hesse 1851) parasitic Copepoda (Siphonostomatoidae, Lernanthropidae) of European cultured sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus 1758) from Corsica: ecological and morphological study. Parasitology Research 110(5):1959-1968. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Noor El-Deen, A.E., S.Z. Mona & I.S. Shalaby. (2013). Some Investigations observed in Culture Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) infested with Lernanthropus kroyeri and Nerocila orbignyi and Exposed to Pollution during different seasons at Dammaitte province. <em>Life Science Journal Acta Zhengzhou University Overseas Edition.</em> 10(3):1877-1884. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Öktener, A., D. Turker & A. Alas. (2017). The Sea of Marmara: New locality for two caligids and one lernanthropid in Turkey. <em>Journal of Wetlands Biodiversity.</em> 7:109-130. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Fahmy, S.A. (2015). Ultrastructural features of some integumental structural of Lernanthropus kroyeri Van Beneden parasitic Copepoda (Siphonostomatoidae, Lernanthropidae). <em>Scientific Journal for Damieta Faculty of Science.</em> 5(1):110-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.21608/sjdfs.2015.194471 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yildiz, H.Y., Q.P. Van, G. Parisi & M.D. Sao. (2019). Anti-parasitic activity of garlic (Allium sativum) and onion (Allium cepa) juice against crustacean parasite, Lernantropus kroyeri, found on European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Italian Journal Of Animal Science, 18(1): 833-837., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2019.1593058 [details] 

additional source Khidr, A.E.A., O.A.A. Samak, A.E. Said, A.M. Ghoneim & S.A. Fahmy. (2014). Structural and Functional Observations on the Appendages of Gill Parasite, Lernanthropus kroyeri (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae) Infesting the Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax. <em>Nature and Science.</em> 12(2):101-107. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Theocharis, V.S., V. Ragias & C. Bai. (1997). [Identification of the copepods Lernanthropus kroyeri Van Beneden, 1851 and Caligus minus, Ott, 1821, exoparsites in the natural and farmed population of Dicentrarchus labradoodles L. first results.]. <em>In Greek.</em> 8(4):29-38. [Greek]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vinoth, R., T.T. Ajith Kumar, S. Ravichandran, M. Gopi & G. Rameshkumar. (2010). Infestation of copepod parasites in the food fishes of Vellar Estuary, southeast coast of India. <em>Acta Parasitologica Globalis.</em> 1(1):1-5. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yildiz, H.Y. & A.S. Korkmaz. (2021). Parasitic copepod (Lernanthropus kroyeri) on caged sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): An estimation of abundance and internal infestation pressure. <em>Journal Of Fish Diseases.</em> 44(12):1901-1909., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13504 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Abdallah, E.S.H. & A.H. Hamouda. (2023). Morphological and molecular characterization of Lernanthropus kroyeri, a copepod infesting the gills of European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax. <em>Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research.</em> 49(1):49-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejar.2022.07.006 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zaid, A.A.A., R.A. El Maged, N. Rasheed, D.M. Mansour, H.H. Mahboub, H.M.A. El-Lateef, J.M. Sabatier, H.M. Saad, G.M. Batiha & M.D. Waard. (2023). Prevalence, Morpho-Histopathological Identification, Clinical Picture, and the Role of Lernanthropus kroyeri to Alleviate the Zinc Toxicity in Moron labrax. <em>Pathogens.</em> 12(1): 1-12. Jan 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010052 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yavuzcan, H. (2024). Validity of Visible Ectoparasite Intensity As a Non-invasive Biomarker for Fish welfare: Parasitic Copepod, Lernanthropus kroyeri in Sea Bass As an Example. <em>Aquatic Sciences and Engineering.</em> 39(1):30-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE20241334425 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lattos, A., V, Makri, D.K. Papadopoulos, E. Gourzioti, C. Pagonis, I. Georgoulis, D. Karagiannis, J.A. Theodorou, B. Michaelidis, I.A. Giantsis & K. Feidantsis. (2024). Molecular characterization of Lernathropus kroyeri from intensive aquaculture and pathophysiology of infested sea bass. <em>Fish & Shellfish Immunology.</em> 149(3):1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109576 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Eissa, I., A. Dessouki, H. Abdel-Mawla & A. Qorany. (2020). Prevalence of Lernanthropus kroyeri in Seabass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) and spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus) from Suez Canal, Egypt. <em>International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research.</em> 5(2):1‑6. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Oikonomou, S., D. Manousi, A. Dimitroglou, Z. Kazlari, D. Loukovitis, K. Papanna, K. Tzokas, N. Katribouzas, L. Papaharisis, C.S. Tsigenopoulos & D. Chatziplis. (2025). Validation of QTL associated with resistance to Lernanthropus kroyeri in European seabass. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 608:1-6. Sep 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.742763 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Ramdane, Z. & J.P. Trilles. (2007). Parasitic copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) from Algerian marine fishes. Zootaxa 1574:49-68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1574.1.3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Bahri, L., J. Ben Hamida & O.K. Ben Hassine. (2002). Use of the parasitic copepod, Lernanthropus kroyeri (Van Beneden, 1851) (Lernanthropidae) as a bio-indicator of two fish populations,Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) and Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) (Moronidae) in Tunisian inshore areas. Crustaceana, Leiden 75 (3-4): 253-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002760095372 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Coste, F., A. Raibaut & G. Bouix. (1978). Réproduction et sexualité des Copépodes parasites de poissons. III. Morphologie et anatomie microscopiques de l'appareil génital mâle de Lernanthropus kroyeri Van Beneden, 1851. [Reproduction and sexuality of copepods parasitic on fish. III. Microscopic morphology and anatomy of the male genital apparatus of Lernanthropus kroyeri Van Beneden, 1851.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 103(4):465-48l, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-5, tab. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Abu-Samak, O.A. (2005). Mode of attachment and histopathological impacts associated with the parasitic copepod Lernanthropus kroyeri infesting gills of the sea bass fish, Dicentrarchus labrax in Egypt. <em>Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology.</em> 48(D): 1-21. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Athanassopoulou, F., V. Ragias, J. Tavla, P. Christofilogiannis & N. Liberis. (2001). Preliminary trials on the efficacy and toxicity of ivermectin against Lernathropus kroyeri Van Beneden, 1851 in cultured sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L. Aquaculture Research 32(1):77-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2001.00522.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription Abu Samak, O.A. (2004). Redescription of Lernanthropus kroyeri (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae) infesting gills of sea bass fish (Dicentrarchus labrax) from Egyptian Mediterranean waters. <em>Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology.</em> 43(D): 87-103. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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