Parasitic copepods of the family Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Australian fishes, with descriptions of seven new species Author Boxshall, Geoff A. Author Bernot, James P. Author Barton, Diane P. Author Diggles, Ben K. Author Q-Y, Russell Author Atkinson-Coyle, Toby Author Hutson, Kate S. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-02-17 4736 1 1 103 journal article 24025 10.11646/zootaxa.4736.1.1 c76ec731-0dc9-4fc4-8ea4-d90d90da9438 1175-5326 3669745 970D7D36-6D8C-4463-B9EA-D3B8E191BE72 Genus Mitrapus Song & Chen, 1976 The validity of Mitrapus as a generic level taxon needs testing as it shares multiple character states with Lernanthropus . The females are currently distinguished from female Lernanthropus only by the marked disparity between the lengths of the endopodal and exopodal lobes of leg 4. Given that the relative lengths of the rami of leg 4 can vary between species within both genera, this character is not robust. The males differ but male characters were not used in the phylogenetic analysis of Ho & Do (1985) .