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A new family of cyclopoid copepods (Fratiidae) symbiotic in the ascidian ( Clavelina dellavallei ) from Cádiz, Spain
Author(s) -
Ho Jushey,
Conradi Mercedes,
LópezGonzález Pablo J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00130.x
Subject(s) - biology , cyclopoida , cladistics , zoology , crustacean , ecology , copepod , phylogenetics , genetics , gene
Fratia gaditana , n. gen., n. sp., is described based on the specimens obtained from the atrium of the ascidian, Clavelina dellavallei (Zirpolo), collected at Tarifa Island in Cádiz, Spain. The new species belongs to a new family of Cyclopoida. Cladistic analysis revealed that phylogenetically it is closer to the Ascidicolidae than to the two other ascidicolous families, Archinotodelphyidae and Notodelphyidae.