New morphological information of the parasitic copepod Kroyeria dispar Wilson, 1935 (Copepoda: Kroyeriidae) from the east coast of South Africa

Abstract

Features of laxonomic importance of Kroyeria dispar Wilson, 1935 are described from females collected from the gills of tiger shares (Gsleocerdo cuvier) captured in the southern Indian Ocean This is a first record of K dispar from South Africa and additional morphological information is given Observations were made wtth the aid of scanning electron microscopy (SEM).