FIGURE 14. Melinnacheres ergasiloides M. Sars, 1870. A in Mesoparasitic copepods (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) associated with polychaete worms in European seas

FIGURE 14. Melinnacheres ergasiloides M. Sars, 1870. A, ovigerous female detached from host, ventral view showing 3 attached spermatophores (arrowed); B, another female with 2 males attached, ventral view showing longitudinal trunk musculature of female; C, posterior margin of trunk showing paired genital apertures and anal slit on median prominence; D, egg sac; E, adult male, dorsal view; F, same, ventral view showing paired appendages and surface ornamentation. Scale bars: A–B, D, 0.5 mm, C, 250 µm, E–F, 100 µm.