Proceedings of 

 the United States 

 National Museum 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 115 



1964 



Number 3482 



CALIGOID COPEPODS (CRUSTACEA) OF THE HAWAIIAN 



ISLANDS: PARASITIC ON FISHES OF THE FAMILY 



ACANTHURIDAE 



By Alan G. Lewis ^ 



Introduction 



The caligoid copepods of Hawaiian fishes have not been studied 

 previously in a systematic manner. The only references that include 

 Hawaiian caligoids are: Nordmann (1864), describing Norion expansus 

 and Peniculus calamus; Wilson (1924), indicating that Pandarus 

 satyrus has been taken from specimens of Prionace glauca captured in 

 Hawaii; and Wilson (1932), indicating that Pandarus smithii has been 

 collected from sharks taken in Hawaiian waters. In addition, 

 Edmondson (1946) figures a large Pandarus species from sharks and a 

 Lernaeenicus species from dolphins; Bonnet (1948) lists some Hawaiian 

 caligoids, mainly from pelagic fishes; and Randall (1958) lists by 

 family the copepods taken from stomachs of some parasite-picking 

 fishes of the genus Labroides and Randall (1961) lists the parasitic 

 copepods taken from the manini (Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis) . 



' Department of Zoology, University of New Hampsbire, Durham, N.H. This work is Contribution 

 No. 193, Hawaii Marine Laboratory, in cooperation with the Department of Zoology and Entomology, 

 University of Hawaii. 



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