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Harpacticoid Copepods Associated with Cnidarians in the Tropical Pacific Ocean
Author(s) -
HUMES ARTHUR G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1984.tb00038.x
Subject(s) - scleractinia , biology , cnidaria , coelenterata , hermatypic coral , ecology , anthozoa , oceanography , zooxanthellae , octocorallia , reef , coral , symbiosis , geology , paleontology , bacteria
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.