F. Neptali Morales-Serna Ma. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo John P. McLaughlin Alejandra G. Jaramillo Jenny C. Shaw Anna K James Ryan F. Hechinger Armand M. Kuris Kevin D. Lafferty Victor M. Vidal-Martinez Lilia Catherinne Soler-Jimenez 2019 <p>We surveyed copepods parasitic on the fishes at Palmyra, a remote atoll in the Central Indo-Pacific faunal region. In total, we collected 849 individual fish, representing 44 species, from the intertidal lagoon flats at Palmyra and recovered 17 parasitic copepod species. The parasitic copepods were: <i>Orbitacolax williamsi</i> on <i>Mulloidichthys flavolineatus</i>; <i>Anuretes serratus</i> on <i>Acanthurus xanthopterus</i>; <i>Caligus confusus</i> on <i>Carangoides ferdau</i>, <i>Carangoides orthogrammus</i>, <i>Caranx ignobilis</i>, <i>Caranx melampygus</i>, and <i>Caranx papuensis</i>; <i>Caligus kapuhili</i> on <i>Chaetodon auriga</i> and <i>Chaetodon lunula</i>; <i>Caligus laticaudus</i> on <i>Rhinecanthus aculeatus</i>, <i>Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus</i>, <i>M. flavolineatus</i>, <i>Upeneus taeniopterus</i>, <i>Chrysiptera glauca</i>, and <i>Epinephalus merra</i>; <i>Caligus mutabilis</i> on <i>Lutjanus fulvus</i> and <i>Lutjanus monostigma</i>; <i>Caligus randalli</i> on <i>C. ignobilis</i>; <i>Caligus</i> sp. on <i>L. fulvus</i>; <i>Caritus serratus</i> on <i>Chanos chanos</i>; <i>Lepeophtheirus lewisi</i> on <i>A. xanthopterus</i>; <i>Lepeophtheirus uluus</i> on <i>C. ignobilis</i>; <i>Dissonus similis</i> on <i>Arothron hispidus</i>; <i>Nemesis</i> sp. on <i>Carcharhinus melanopterus</i>; <i>Hatschekia longiabdominalis</i> on <i>A. hispidus</i>; <i>Hatschekia bicaudata</i> on <i>Chaetodon auriga</i> and <i>Chaetodon lunula</i>; <i>Kroyeria longicauda</i> on <i>C. melanopterus</i> and <i>Lernanthropus</i> sp. on <i>Kyphosus cinerascens</i>. All copepod species reported here have been previously reported from the Indo-Pacific but represent new geographical records for Palmyra, demonstrating large-scale parasite dispersion strategies.</p> application/pdf 10.3897/zookeys.833.30835 en Pensoft Publishers Parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Hexanauplia) on fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific article