The Life Cycle of the Parasitic Crustacean, Lernanthropus latis Yamaguti, 1954 (Copepoda: Lernanthropidae), on Marine-Cultured Fish, Lates calcarifer, from Setiu Wetland, Terengganu

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Parasitic phase of Lernanthropus latis life cycle. (a) Male fixed copepodid III (scale = 120 μm), i: bifurcated third leg and ii: bifurcated fourth leg. (b) Female fixed copepodid III (scale = 120 μm), i: extended third leg and ii: bifurcated fourth leg. (c) Male fixed copepodid IV (scale = 180 μm). (d) Female fixed copepodid IV (scale = 180 μm), i: formation of dorsal plate. (e) Male preadult (scale = 180 μm). (f) Female preadult (scale = 180 μm).

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