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Two new genera and four new species of siphonostomatoid copepods of the family Asterocheridae associated with sponges are described from the Korean East Sea (Sea of Japan). These new copepods are distinguishable from related genera and species by their diagnostic morphological characters as follows: Amalomyzon elongatum n. gen. n. sp. bears an elon...
The ivory barnacle Amphibalanus eburneus is a marine crustacean, which presents near-cosmopolitan distribution due to extensive introduction and exhibits a wide spectrum of phenotypic variation. To elucidate geographical differentiation among populations through invasion, we investigated variation in genetic structure, shell morphology, and recruit...
Thirty-nine species of symbiotic copepods, comprising 24 species of poecilostome Cyclopoida and 15 species of Siphonostomatoida, are reported from Korean waters, which were collected using underwater light traps at 33 collection sites around the South Korean coast. Ten new species are described: Hemicyclops rapax sp. nov. in the family Clausidiidae...
In this study, we introduced an indigenous Korean muricid gastropod Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860), a potential natural predator of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819), a well-known invasive alien species successfully settled down in Korea. From the survey on the Korean ports of the east coast between 2007 and 2011, we...
Two new species of the hitherto monotypic family Intramolgidae are described, both are placed in the type genus Intramolgus Marchenkov & Boxshall, 1995. Intramolgus heardensis sp. nov. was found in association with Polyzoa opuntia Lesson, 1830, and the host of I. atlantis sp. nov. was Styela chaini Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1970. Eleven new species...
The Monniot collection of copepods associated with ascidian hosts was built up over several decades of field collecting and taxonomic research on ascidians by Drs Claude & Françoise Monniot (MNHN, Paris). This paper describes a total of 84 new species of copepods collected from ascidian hosts and five new genera are established. Prior to this study...
Invasion by nonindigenous species is a major threat to marine ecosystems. In this study, the distribution and occupied area (as a percentage) of four invasive barnacles (Amphibalanus amphitrite, Amphibalanus eburneus, Amphibalanus improvisus, Perforatus perforatus), and one indigenous (Balanus trigonus) barnacle in 13 ports in three Korean seas (Ea...
Detailed study of the Monniot collection of copepods belonging to the family Notodelphyidae has revealed an extraordinary diversity of novel taxa. With rare exceptions notodelphyids live in association with ascidians and the Monniot collection was built up over several decades of field collecting and taxonomic research on the ascidian hosts by Drs...
The family Archinotodelphyidae Lang, 1949 is reviewed. Only the type genus, Archinotodelphys Lang, 1949, is accepted as valid and the genus Pararchinotodelphys Lang, 1949 is recognized as its junior subjective synonym. The two species formerly placed in the latter genus are transferred to the type genus as Archinotodelphys gurneyi (Illg, 1955) comb...
Eight species of copepods belonging to the family Dirivultidae (Siphonostomatoida) are described from deep-water hydrothermal vent fields on the Central Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean. Aphotopontius limatulus Humes, 1987, previously known only from the East Pacific, is included. The other seven species are new, as follows: Aphotopontius kiost n....
During a survey of the zooplankton community of a coastal system on the northern coast of Venezuela western Caribbean, female and male specimens of species of Caligus Müller, 1785 were collected. We obtained four species: C. littoralis Luque and Cezar 2000, C. evelynae Suárez-Morales et al. ZooKeys 201: 59–71, (2012a), C. praetextus Bere Amer Midl...
Restudy of the type species of the genus Barathricola Humes, 1999 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Schminkepi-nellidae) described from the Pacific Ocean (Juan de Fuca Ridge), and study of the species Barathricola thermophilus sp. nov. from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the Central Ridge in the Indian Ocean revealed a derived feature and widespread ge...
Two new coexisting species of crustacean copepods (Poecilostomatoida) belonging to the echinoid-specific genera Mecomerinx Humes, 1977 (Pseudanthessiidae) and Clavisodalis Humes, 1970 (Taeniacanthidae) found associated with the venomous flower urchin Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Toxopneustidae) in the South China Sea...
A Tribute to William Hummon – Gastrotrich Biologist Extraordinaire
Not since the great Adolf Remane in the
early 20th century has there been a more
influential researcher in gastrotrich systematics
thanWilliamDale ‘‘Bill’’Hummon.Bill
earnedhisPh.D. inZoology at theUniversity
ofMassachusetts,Amherst in 1969,where he
performed foundational research...
Surveys of marine gastrotrichs on the coast of South Korea yielded a new species of the genus Tetranchyroderma, bearing 5-pronged hooks as a cuticular armature. Tetranchyroderma hummoni is characterized by a dorsal armature adorned with pentancres, whose central tines are about twice as long as peripheral tines. The new species is also characterize...
Twelve species of siphonostomatoid copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates are recorded from Korean waters. Nine species are new to science: Arctopontius minutus n. sp., A. adelphus n. sp, and Dyspontius alatus n. sp. in the family Artotrogidae; Asterocheres horridus n. sp., A. cuspis n. sp., A. quadridens n. sp., Scottocheres mipoensi...
A new species of Tanaidacea is described from the eastern coast of Korea, under the name of Apseudomorpha magna in the family Metapseudidae. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: pleonites 2 and 5 and pleotelson have a large lateral seta; pleopods are biramous, in five pairs, each bearin...
Copepods, small aquatic crustaceans, are the most abundant metazoan zooplankton and outnumber every other group of multicellular animals on earth. In spite of ecological and biological importance in aquatic environment, their morphological plasticity, originated from their various lifestyles and their incomparable capacity to adapt to a variety of...
Mean genetic distances within each species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 17 cyclopoid species (N = 25) based on Kimura-2-parameter distances.
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Distribution of pairwise genetic distances (= Kimura-2-parameter, K2P) estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 16 calanoid species (N = 39).
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Distribution of pairwise genetic distances (= Kimura-2-parameter, K2P) estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 9 monstrilloid species (N = 15).
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Distribution of pairwise genetic distances (= Kimura-2-parameter, K2P) estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 12 harpacticoid species (N = 14).
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Kimura-2-parameter pairwise distances between species e estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 12 harpacticoid species.
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Distribution of pairwise genetic distances (= Kimura-2-parameter, K2P) estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 29 poecilostomatoid species (N = 33).
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Distribution of pairwise genetic distances (= Kimura-2-parameter, K2P) estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 11 siphonostomatoid species (N = 16).
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Kimura-2-parameter pairwise distances between species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 16 calanoid species.
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Mean genetic distances within each species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 9 monstrilloid species (N = 15) based on Kimura-2-parameter distances.
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Mean genetic distances within each species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 12 harpacticoid species (N = 14) based on Kimura-2-parameter distances.
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Kimura-2-parameter pairwise distances between species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 29 poecilostomatoid species.
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Distribution of pairwise genetic distances (= Kimura-2-parameter, K2P) estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 17 cyclopoid species (N = 25).
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Mean genetic distances within each species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 16 calanoid species (N = 39) based on Kimura-2-parameter distances.
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Kimura-2-parameter pairwise distances between species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 17 cyclopoid species.
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Kimura-2-parameter pairwise distances between species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 9 monstrilloid species.
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Mean genetic distances within each species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 29 poecilostomatoid species (N = 33) based on Kimura-2-parameter distances.
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Mean genetic distances within each species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 11 siphonostomatoid species (N = 16) based on Kimura-2-parameter distances.
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Kimura-2-parameter pairwise distances between species estimated from COI nucleotide sequences of 11 siphonostomatoid species.
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A new species of copepod, Styelicola omphalus n. sp., of the family Ascidicolidae is described as an associate or symbiont of the ascidian Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816 from the Red Sea. As major differential features of the new species, the body is large, more than 4 mm long, the antennule is 5-segmented, the mandibular palp is armed with one or t...
A new species of Telestacicola Humes and Stock, 1972 (Copepoda, Rhynchomolgidae) is described as an associate of basket stars (Ophiuroidea) from Korea. The new species Telestacicola turgipes closely resembles T. angoti Humes and Stock, 1973, but is differentiated from the latter species and other congeners by a characteristic exopod of female leg 5...
Two new species of Clausidiidae, each belonging to the genera Clausidium Kossmann, 1875 and Hippomolgus G. O. Sars, 1917, are described from Korea. Clausidium maximus n. sp. is an associate of a burrowing decapod of the genus Callianassa living on the Korean coast of the Yellow Sea and has, as diagnostic characters, two inner setae on the second en...
Two new species of poecilostomatoid copepods associated with echiurans are described from an intertidal mud flat in the Yellow Sea. A new genus Echiuricopus is created to accommodate two new species, E. aprilis and E. tenuipes. Major differences between the two new species are displayed in body length, length of caudal ramus seta I, length/ width r...
Hamaticyclops ahni is described as a new genus and species from the Californian shore of the United States. It was discovered as a victim of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt). The new genus is closely related to the genus Hemicyclops but possesses, as significant autapomorphies, three strong claws on the second endopodal segment of...
A new species of the genus Anthessius Della Valle, 1880 is described under the name A. antarcticus. It is ectosymbiont of the nudibranch Charcotia granulosa Vayssière, 1906 from the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. The female of the new species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of diagnostic morphological...
Fifteen species of poecilostome copepods associated with marine invertebrates, including ten new species, are recorded from intertidal zone in Thailand. New species are Hemicyclops cornutus n. sp. and Hemicyclops parapiculus n. sp. in the family Clausidiidae, Presynaptiphilus trifurcatus n. sp. in the Synaptiphilidae, Anchimolgus kantariensis n. sp...
Six new species of copepods associated with polychaetes are described from Korea. Included are Indoclausia bipartita n. sp., Clausia parva n. sp., and Maxilliclausia propria n. gen. n. sp. in the Clausiidae; Pseudanthessius excertus n. sp. in the Pseudanthessiidae; and Polyankylis ovilaxa n. sp. and Sewelloya plana n. gen. n. sp. in the Polyankylii...
Conchyliurus dispar, a new species associated with the bivalve Barnea manilensis (Philippi), is described from the intertidal zone of the Yellow Sea. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: the absence of posterolateral processes on the male genital somite, the absence of a dorsal lobe on th...
Ten new species of cyclopoid copepods are described as parasites of marine fishes from Korea. Three new species of the family Bomolochidae are described as gill parasites: Orbitacolax pteragogi n. sp. from Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes), Orbitacolax trichiuri n. sp. from Trichurus lepturus Linnaeus, and Orbitacolax unguifer n. sp. from Evynn...
Three species of Asterocheres, including two new species, are reported as associates of sponges in shallow Antarctic water. Asterocheres spinosus sp. nov. has a combination of diagnostic features: mandibular palp is one-segmented, caudal ramus is 1.88 times as long as wide, antennule is 20-segmented in the female and 18-segmented in the male, uroso...
Eight species of the Hatschekiidae are recorded as parasites of marine fishes from southern coast of Korea. One new species, Hatschekia jejuensis, parasitic on Cheilodactylus zonatus Cuvier is included. The remaining seven species are new to Korean fauna: Hatschekia iridescens Wilson, 1913, H. japonica Jones, 1985, H. monacanthi Yamaguti, 1939, H....
Descriptions are given of 18 species of copepods that live in symbiotic association with polychaete worms in European Seas. Three new genera and six new species of the family Clausiidae Giesbrecht, 1895 are described: Boreoclausia rectan. gen. et n. sp. is described from Galathowenia fragilis (Nilson & Holthe, 1985), Boreoclausia holmesi n. gen. et...
A new species of siphonostomatoid copepod is described from a hydrothermal vent in the Tofua Arc of the southwestern Pacific at a depth of 1018 m. Chasmatopontius inflatus sp. nov. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Dirivultidae) is defined and illustrated from specimens isolated from washings of invertebrates including gastropods, bivalves, and crustac...
The European Common Barnacle Balanus perforatus Brugiere (Crustacea, Cirripedia) has been introduced into the east coast of Korea, presumably via the ballast water of ships. The species has since been spreading along both the northern and southern coast to the east, most likely due to alongshore currents. We predicted the potential range expansion...
On some caligids (Copepoda: Caligidae) from plankton of a coastal lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Metacaligus. Zoological Studies 51(6): 804-818. A collection of zooplankton from a coastal system of the southern Gulf of Mexico contained several caligid copepods that were taxonomically examined. The following spec...
Examination of washings of the ceriantharian Pachycerianthus maua (Carlgren) and its phoronid symbiont Phoronis australis Haswell in New Caledonian waters revealed two species of symbiotic copepods belonging to the family Sabelliphilidae (Cyclopoida). Phoronicola spinulatus Boxshall & Humes, 1988, the only other copepod known to be associated with...
Thirteen species of sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) are described as parasites of marine fishes from Korea
including three new species such as Pseudocaligus longipes n. sp. from Siganus fuscesens (Houttuyn), Lepeophtheirus
tamladus n. sp. from Sebastes inermis Cuvier, and Lepeophtheirus gusevi n. sp. from Sebasetes
schlegeli Hilgendorf. Remaining te...
Five new species of the family Lichomolgidae associated with solitary ascidians are described from the east coast of Korea.
Two new genera are proposed: Protomolgus n. gen. to incorpotate Protomolgus duplex n. sp. and P. singularis n. sp., and Dontimolgus n. gen. to incorporate Dontimolgus brevicaudatus n. sp. Protomolgus n. gen. characteristically...
Eight new species of copepods associated with shallow-water ascidians are described from the eastern coast of Korea. They
are Ascidicola secundus n. sp. from a Pyura sp., Enteropsis nudus n. sp. from Pyura sacciformis (Drasche), Mycophilus capillatus n. sp. from a compound ascidian, Bonnierilla yangpoensis n. sp. from Phallusia cf. nigra Savigny, J...
Thirteen new species and one new genus of poecilostomatoid copepods are described from intertidal mud flats in the central west coast of the Korean Peninsula facing the Yellow Sea. Nine species are found in association with invertebrates: Hemicyclops ventriplanus n. sp. from the decapod crustacean Upogebia major (De Haan); Clausia lobata n. sp. fro...
Three new species of Hemicyclops, H. parilis, H. nasutus and H. membranatus are described from Korean
coasts. Hemicyclops parilis n. sp. is closely similar to H. gomsoensis Ho and Kim, but distinguishable from the
latter species by having the different shape of genital double somite and spermatophore. Hemicyclops nasutus n.
sp. is distinguishable f...
The taxonomically confusing species of sea lice Caligus aesopus Wilson, 1921 and C. spinosus Yamaguti, 1939 are redescribed based on material taken from gills of amberjacks (Seriola spp.) from Korean seas. These two sea lice can be distinguished from each other by the following major differences: (1) the female abdomen of C. aesopus has a lateral c...
Paramolgus orientalis n. sp. is described as an associate of the antipatharian coral Antipathes japonicus from Jeju Island, Korea. The new species is distinguished from its three relatives P. constrictus, P. delicatulus, and P. insectus, all known from antipatharians in tropical waters, by its long caudal ramus which is more than four times as long...
Choe, Mi-Kyung, Kim, Il-Hoi (2010): 1921 and C. spinosus Yamaguti, 1939 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitic on amberjacks (Seriola spp.) from Korea. Zootaxa 2483: 23-34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195480
Catlaphilla elongata Tripathi, 1960 is redescribed based on specimens collected from the gill rakers of Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) occurring in Lake Haleji near Karachi, Pakistan. The adult, transformed female is characteristic in having (1) the maxilla modified and armed with a robust hook for attaching to the host; (2) a nonprehensile antenna;...
Artotrogus gordoni n. sp. is described as an associate of the bryzoan Schizosmittina cinctipora (Hincks, 1885) collected from an intertidal shore in New Zealand. The new species is similar to A. sardae McKinnon but distinguishable from it by the different shapes of antennule where the first segment is the longest and urosome where the anal somite i...
Five juvenile copepodids of Critomolgus anthopleurus Kim, 1996, were obtained by rearing the copepod and its actiniarian host for 10 days within a laboratory aquarium. Copepodid I of C. anthopleurus shows significant morphological differences from previous records. At this stage of C. anthopleurus, the antennule is 4-segmented, with 3 setae on the...
Although most parasitic copepods produce free-living larvae, Caribeopsyllus amphiodiae and other thaumatopsyllid copepods have a parasitic larval stage (metanauplius) that inhabits an ophiuroid stomach. Metanauplii of C. amphiodiae collected from its burrowing host, Amphiodia urtica, and reared in the laboratory gave rise to ovigerous females that...
Two species of the poecilostomatoid copepods, Allopodion ryukyuensis n. sp. and Xenomolgus varius Humes and Stock, are recorded from galls and crypts on the scleractinian corals Montipora informis and Porites sp.(p), respectively, in Okinawa, Japan. Allopodion ryukyuensis is distinguished from its sole congener, A. mirum Humes, by having shorter ca...
Two new species of the genus Doridicola are described as associates of opisthobranch mollusks from Korean intertidal waters: Doridicola virguatus n. sp. associated with the notaspidean Pleurobranchaea japonica Thiele and D. portincola n. sp. associated with the nudibranch Hoplodoris armata (Baba). This is the first record for the copepod associates...
A new genus Goodingius is proposed to incorporate Hemicyclops adhaerens(Williams), H. arenicolae Gooding, H. elongatus Wilson and H. subadhaerens Gooding, all of which bear the six-segmented female urosome, three mandibular elements (or three elements plus one rudimentary setule), five setae on the first antennular segment, and no inner coxal seta...
A new species of pennellid (Pennellidae, Copepoda), Sarcotretes longirostris n. sp., is described based on specimens collected from bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus Lütken) found in the stomach of short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray) caught in the western North Pacific off central Honshu, Japan. The new species differs fro...
Ergasilus zacconis (Yamaguti, 1936), the copepod parasite originally named as Pseudergasilus zaconnis, is redescribed based on the specimens newly collected from the freshwater fish Zacco platypus (Temminck and Schlegel) from Japan. Some errors appearing in the original description are emended. An explanation for the generic position of this specie...
Eupolymniphilus orientalis is described as a new species discovered in intertidal invertebrate burrows in Korea. In addition to the type species, E. finmarchicus (T. Scott, 1903), also Scambicornus armoricanus (Bocquet, Stock & Kleeton, 1963) and S. tenuicaudis (G. O. Sars, 1918) are recognized as members of the genus Eupolymniphilus. The new speci...
Zygomolgus dentatus n. sp. is described based on specimens from washings of compound ascidians from intertidal shores of Korea. It possesses the long caudal rami which are 5.6 times as long as their width, four scales on the convex side of mandible, and three setal elements and a large process on maxillule. Lichomolgides cuanensis Gotto, the only r...
Lichomolgus panikkari Gnanamuthu, 1955 (= Indomolgus panikkari), an incompletely known species, is redescribed based on a male specimen found newly from the Yellow Sea. A new genus of copepods, Lutumidomus, is proposed to incorporate Lichomolgus panikkari, Notoxynus tertius Kim, 2000, and Lutumidomus parvus n. sp., all associated with sea anemones....
Three new species of poecilostomatoid copepods are described as associates of the scleractinian coral Gardineroseris planulata (Dana) from the Moluccas: Sociellus geminus n. sp., Odontomolgus mucosus n. sp. and O. unioviger n. sp. The genus Sociellus is transferred from the Rhynchomolgidae to the Anchimolgidae. The previously described four species...
Three new species of Kelleria are described based on the females from the invertebrate burrows in the Port Seogwipo, Jeju Island, Korea. These species possess in common no process on the inner margin of the free segment of leg 5. Kelleria grandisetiger n. sp. possesses a large seta on lateral sides of the genital double-somite and a small thumb-lik...
Nine species of psychrolutids kept in the Marine Zoology of Hokkaido University were found to carry eight species of copepod parasites. The parasites and their hosts are: Bobkabata kabatabobbus Hogans and Benz, 1990 on Malacocottus zonurus Bean; Chondracanthus parvus n. sp. on Eurymen gyrinus Gilbert and Burke; Chondracanthus yabei n. sp. on Dasyco...
Four new species of the genus Panjakus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Anchimolgiae) are described as associates of scleractinian corals from the eastern Ceram, the Moluccas: P. fastigatus and P. parvipes from Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck), and P. saccipes and P. iratus from Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama. A key to 11 known species of Panjakus is...
Three species of gammaridean amphipods are reported from four cultured abalones in Jeju Island, Korea. These amphipods are Ampithoe uolida Smith, Elasmopus rapax Costa, and Melita rylovae Bulycheva which were found from the abalones Haliotis discus hannai Ino, H. discus Reeve, H. diversicolor aquatilis Reeve, and H. sieboldii Reeve. Elasmopus rapax...
Four new species of Copepoda associated with gorgonacean corals are described from Bohol Island, the Philippines. They are Acanthomolgus longiunguifer, A. geminus, and Paramolgus incidentus in the order Cycolopoida and Humescheres boholensis n. gen., n. sp. in the order Siphonostomatoida
Spongicola tropicanus, a new genus and species of the family Eunicicolidae, and Asterocheres brevisurculus, a new species of the family Asterocheridae, are described as copepods associated with the sponge Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas) from the Moluccas. Spongicola is the second genus of the family and may be characterized by a two‐segmented pro...
Paraphiloconcha meretricis Yamaguti, 1936, an incompletely known lichomolgid copepod living in the pericardium of the hard clam Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853, is redescribed from the southeastern coast of Japan. Although the genus Paraphiloconcha is closely related to Philoconcha, it can be differentiated from the latter by the presence of larg...
A new genus and new species of the Clausidiidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida), Hemadona clavicrura, is described based on the specimens obtained from the washings of the polychaete, Dasybranchus caudatus Grube, collected from Namhae-do Island in Korea. The new genus is characteristic in having (1) the 3rd segment of the antenna drawn out to form a...
Five species of copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) parasitic on fishes of the Gulf of Thailand are reported. They are: Lernanthropus corniger Yamaguti, 1954 from Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus); L. latis Yamaguti, 1954 from Lates calcarifer (Bloch); L. nemipteri Jayasree & Pillai, 1976 from Scolopsis lineata Quoy et Gaimard; L. sillaginis...
Research carried out during the past decade on copepods associated with Korean bivalves recognized 27 species of copepods from 40 species of bivalves. These copepods consist of 14 species of the Lichomolgidae, 5 species of the Myicolidae, 4 species of the Clausidiidae, 3 species of the Anthessiidae and a single species of the Mytilicolidae. Four of...
Six new species of the genus Enalcyonium are described as parasites of octocorals of New Caledonia. They are Enalcyonium lobophyti, E. humesi, E. caledonensis, and E. auriculatum from the alcyonacean Lobophyton schoedei Moser, E. capillatum from the gorgonacean Rumphella antipathes (L.), and E. bullatum from the gorgonacean Siphonogorgia variabilis...
Seven new species of cope pods associated with marine invertebrates are described from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. They are Panjakus bidentis from the scleractinian Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis and Solander), Scyphuliger humesi, S. vicinus and S. placidus from the scleractinian Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg), Doridicola parapatulus from the...
Two new species of siphonostomatoid copepods, Asterocheres tubiporae n. sp. and Entomopsyllus stocki n. sp., associated with the stoloniferan coral Tubipora musica (Linnaeus) are described from Madagascar. Asterocheres tubiporae is characterized by the possession of a large posteroventral process on the caudal ramus and the elongated free segment o...
All copepodid stages and free‐swimming adults of Ergasilus hypomesi Yamaguti collected from plankton samples from a brackish lake in Korea are described. The antennule remains a four‐segmented appendage until copepodid V. The antenna of copepodid I carries a vestigial exopod. Sexual dimorphism first appears at copepodid IV whose males bear primodia...
Five new species of copepods associated with marine invertebrates are described from shallow water of the Pacific coast of Panama. They are Pseudomacrochiron pocilloporae n. sp., Acontiophorus panamensis n. sp. and Asterocheres urabensis n. sp. associated with the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus), Asterocheres pilosus n. sp. as...
Paeonocanthus antarcticensis (Hewitt, 1965) is redescribed based on four specimens recovered from a deep-sea smelt, Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, collected in the Antarctic Ocean (65 degrees S, 139 degrees 59.6'E). Studies on the morphological variations of these four specimens plus comparison with the three documented specimens yielded that the...
Two new species of the Family Clausiidae, Likroclausia namhaensis n. gen. and n. sp. and Rhodinicola laticauda n. sp., were described from washings of polychaetes collected from an intertidal mud flat on Namhae Island in the Korea Strait and from an intertidal sandstone in Kyokpo in the Yellow Sea, respectively. The host of the former species is Da...
Presynaptiphilus poraminutus is described as a new species in association with the ophiuroid Ampioplus ancistrotus (H. L. Clark) collected from an intertidal sand beach in the Yellow Sea. The new species is closely related to P. minutus in having the identical leg structure, but may be differentiated from the latter by the larger body, the longer g...
Twelve species in five genera of parasitic copepods are recorded from seventeen species of freshwater fishes of Korea. They are Ergasilus coniformis n. sp., Ergasilus ventriosus n. sp., E. briani Markewitsch, E. peregrinus Heller, Neoergasilus joponicus (Harada) N. lonsispinosus Yin, N. inflatus Yin, N. bullatus n. sp., N. angustus n. sp., Sinergas...
