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AG Humes (1996)
Copepoda associated with the scleractinian coral Galaxea in the Indo-PacificPubl Seto Mar Biol Lab, 37
AG Humes (1991)
Copepoda associated with scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef, northeastern Australia, with a key to the genera of the LichomolgidaeJ Nat Hist, 25
AG Humes (1979)
Coral-inhabiting copepods from the Moluccas, with a synopsis of cyclopoids associated with scleractinian coralsCah Biol Mar, 20
AG Humes, RU Gooding (1964)
A method for studying the external anatomy of copepodsCrustaceana, 6
JH Stock (1988)
Copepods associated with reef corals: a comparison between the Atlantic and the PacificHydrobiologia, 167
GA Boxshall, SH Halsey (2004)
An introduction to copepod diversity
AG Humes (1994)
How many copepodsHydrobiologia, 293
JEN Veron (1986)
Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific
AG Humes (1979)
Poecilostome copepods (Lichomolgidae) associated with the scleractinian coral Galaxea in the MoluccasJ Nat Hist, 13
AG Humes (1985)
Cnidarians and copepods: a success storyTrans Am Microsc Soc, 104
AG Humes (1985)
A review of the Xarifiida (Copepoa, Poecilostomatoida), parasites of scleractinian corals in the Indo-PacificBull Mar Sci, 36
Seven species of copepods (Copepoda, poecilostomatoida) including two new species and five new records are described as associates of two widely distributed scleractinian corals, Galaxea astreata (Lamarck 1816) and Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus 1767), from Dongsha atoll (Pratas Island) in the South China Sea (SCS). They are: Anchimolgus amplius nov. sp., Anchimolgus contractus Humes 1979, Anchimolgus nasutus Humes 1996, Anchimolgus tanaus Humes 1991, Clamocus spinifer Humes 1979, Karanges hypsorophus Humes 1979, and Xarifia dongshensis nov. sp. Anchimolgus amplius nov. sp. can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the following features: (1) the larger body size (1.95 mm), (2) the three digitiform processes on the convex side of the mandible, (3) the third segment of leg 4 exopod arming with four spines, (4) the slender genital double-somite, (5) the caudal ramus with ratio less than 3:1, and (6) the second segment of abdominal somites distinctly shorter than others. Xarifia dongshensis nov. sp. can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the possession of (1) the bulge on the second segment of antenna, (2) the body without lateral processes or knobs, (3) the second segment of exopod of leg 1 bearing with one spine, (4) the armature of antennule being 3, 16, 4, 2 + 1 aesthetasc, and 4 + 1 aesthetasc, (5) the caudal ramus with three terminal setae, and (6) the tip of mandible with unilateral spinules. The three records of Anchimolgus species seem to have larger body size/appendages and more digitiform lobes on the convex side of the mandible than those from the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and Moluccas. Until now, 18 species of symbiotic copepods have been known to be associated with Galaxea corals.
Marine Biodiversity – Springer Journals
Published: Jul 15, 2016
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