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ISOMOLGUS DESMOTES, NEW GENUS, NEW SPECIES (LICHOMOLGIDAE), A GALLICOLOUS POECILOSTOME COPEPOD FROM THE SCLERACTINIAN CORAL SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX DANA IN INDONESIA, WITH A REVIEW OF GALL-INHABITING CRUSTACEANS OF ANTHOZOANS

ISOMOLGUS DESMOTES, NEW GENUS, NEW SPECIES (LICHOMOLGIDAE), A GALLICOLOUS POECILOSTOME COPEPOD... Symbiotic copepods are well-known par- asites of fishes and associates of marine in- vertebrates; they account for the majority of Crustacea associated with other animals. Cnidarians harbor more copepod sym- bionts than any other invertebrate group (Humes, 1985). Of the three extant classes of cnidarians, Anthozoa appears to be the preferred host class. Although Alcyonacea, Gorgonacea, and Actiniaria are hosts for many species of copepod associates, by far the greatest number of copepod symbionts of anthozoans have been described from the scleractinian corals (Humes, 1985). Copepods inhabiting galls of soft-bodied anthozoans have been previously reported: Mesoglicola which inhabits galls in sea anemones (Haefelfinger and Laubier, 1965); Staurosoma parasiticum Will in galls of Anemonia sulcata (Pennant) (cf. Caullery and Mesnil, 1902) and S. caulleryi Okada from Sagartia nitida Wassilieff (cf. Okada, 1927); Antheacheres duebeni M. Sars in galls formed from the mesenteric walls of the sea anemone Bolocera tuediae (Johnston) in Norway (Vader, 1970a, 1975). Approxi- mately 50% of the Bolocera were infected with this latter parasite with as many as 12 2 parasitic copepods per gall (Vader, 1970a). Mesoglicola, Staurosoma, and Antheache- res belong to families whose taxonomic af- finities remain unknown. The anthozoans Actinostola and Nemanthus were http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Crustacean Biology Brill

ISOMOLGUS DESMOTES, NEW GENUS, NEW SPECIES (LICHOMOLGIDAE), A GALLICOLOUS POECILOSTOME COPEPOD FROM THE SCLERACTINIAN CORAL SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX DANA IN INDONESIA, WITH A REVIEW OF GALL-INHABITING CRUSTACEANS OF ANTHOZOANS

Dojiri, Masahiro
Journal of Crustacean Biology , Volume 8 (1): 99 – Jan 1, 1988
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Copyright 1988 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1937-240X
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Abstract

Symbiotic copepods are well-known par- asites of fishes and associates of marine in- vertebrates; they account for the majority of Crustacea associated with other animals. Cnidarians harbor more copepod sym- bionts than any other invertebrate group (Humes, 1985). Of the three extant classes of cnidarians, Anthozoa appears to be the preferred host class. Although Alcyonacea, Gorgonacea, and Actiniaria are hosts for many species of copepod associates, by far the greatest number of copepod symbionts of anthozoans have been described from the scleractinian corals (Humes, 1985). Copepods inhabiting galls of soft-bodied anthozoans have been previously reported: Mesoglicola which inhabits galls in sea anemones (Haefelfinger and Laubier, 1965); Staurosoma parasiticum Will in galls of Anemonia sulcata (Pennant) (cf. Caullery and Mesnil, 1902) and S. caulleryi Okada from Sagartia nitida Wassilieff (cf. Okada, 1927); Antheacheres duebeni M. Sars in galls formed from the mesenteric walls of the sea anemone Bolocera tuediae (Johnston) in Norway (Vader, 1970a, 1975). Approxi- mately 50% of the Bolocera were infected with this latter parasite with as many as 12 2 parasitic copepods per gall (Vader, 1970a). Mesoglicola, Staurosoma, and Antheache- res belong to families whose taxonomic af- finities remain unknown. The anthozoans Actinostola and Nemanthus were

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Published: Jan 1, 1988

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