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Harpacticoid Copepods Associated with Cnidarians in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

1984; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1463-6409.1984.tb00038.x

1463-6409

Arthur G. Humes,

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Four harpacticoids, comprising 2 species of Tegastes , I species of Parategastes (Tegastidac) and I species of Alteuthellopsis (Peltidiidae), are reported as associates of cnidarians in the tropical Pacific Ocean: Tegastes gemmeus sp.n. from Cyphastrea ocellina and Montipora verrucosa (Scleractinia) in Hawaii, Tegastes paulipes sp.n. from Pocillopora verrucosa (Scleractinia) from Moorca, Parategastes conexus sp.n. from Stereonephthya ulicoides (Alcyonacea) from Poelau Gomumu in the Moluccas, and Alteuthellopsis corallina Humes, 1981, from Montipora verrilli (Scleractinia) at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.