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SPHAERONELLA SEROLIS MONOD, AND A NEW SPECIES OF RHIZORHINA , COPEPODS PARASITIC ON THE ISOPOD SEROLIS BROMLEYANA SUHM (CRUSTACEA)
Author(s) -
GREEN J.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1959.tb05543.x
Subject(s) - copepod , crustacean , larva , biology , neoteny , pupa , zoology , type locality , ecology , taxonomy (biology)
SUMMARY The male and female of Rhizorhina serolis sp. n. are described and figured. This copepod is parasitic on the isopod Serolis bromleyana , from Chatham Rise, between Chatham Island and New Zealand. Sphaeronella serolis Monod is recorded from the same host and locality. The hitherto unknown larva and male pupa of S. serolis are figured. The male of Rhizorhina shows a great similarity to the larva of Sphaeronella , and is considered to be neotenic.