Meristic features of appendages of the five copepodite stages, and adult females and males, of <i>Balaenophilus manatorum</i> collected from hatchlings of loggerhead sea turtle, <i>Caretta caretta</i>.

The number of segments in exopod and endopod are in parentheses, followed by the setal formula: Roman numbers stands for spines, and Arabic numbers for setae (see [29] for details). A brief account of swimming pattern is also provided.