EditorialCetochilus septentrionalis, Print, Calanus, Calanus is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, Neocalanus.
EditorialLernaea branchialis, Print, Lernaeocera branchialis, sometimes called cod worm, is a parasite of marine fish, found mainly in the North Atlantic. It is a marine copepod which starts life as a small pelagic crustacean larva. It is among the largest of c...
EditorialLernaea vorcinata, Print, Lernaea (also incorrectly spelled Lernea) is a genus of copepod crustaceans commonly called anchor worms, parasitic on freshwater fishes. They mate during the last free-swimming (copepodid) stage of development. After mating, ...
EditorialLernaea nodosa, Print, Lernaea (also incorrectly spelled Lernea) is a genus of copepod crustaceans commonly called anchor worms, parasitic on freshwater fishes. They mate during the last free-swimming (copepodid) stage of development. After mating, the...
EditorialPennella filosa, Print, Pennella is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they atta...
EditorialLernaea pectoralis, Print, Lernaea (also incorrectly spelled Lernea) is a genus of copepod crustaceans commonly called anchor worms, parasitic on freshwater fishes. They mate during the last free-swimming (copepodid) stage of development. After mating,...
EditorialPennella diodontis, Print, Pennella is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they a...
EditorialLernaea multicornis, Print, Lernaea (also incorrectly spelled Lernea) is a genus of copepod crustaceans commonly called anchor worms, parasitic on freshwater fishes. They mate during the last free-swimming (copepodid) stage of development. After mating...
EditorialBlood-feeding copepod parasite on a sprat's eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, r...
EditorialBlood-feeding copepod parasite on a sprat's eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, r...
EditorialCopepod fish parasite, Lepeophtheirus thompsoni, upperside and underside. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1805.