A new species of Cryptopontius (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from Easter Island

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3370

By

Johnsson, Rodrigo

Rocha, Carlos Eduardo Falavigna da
Boyko, Christopher B.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2002

Notes

Caption title.

"June 21, 2002."

A new species of artotrogid copepod (Siphonostomatoida), Cryptopontius tanacredii n. sp., associated with the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus) from Easter Island, is described. The new species can be distinguished from its 20 congeners by the combination of the following six characters: (1) 9-segmented antennule, (2) terminal segment of leg 4 exopod armed with nine elements, (3) second segment of P1 endopod with two setae, (4) two setae on outer lobe of maxillule, (5) inner lobe of the maxillule tipped with two setae, and (6) free segment of P5 present and armed with three setae. This is the first record of the genus from the eastern Pacific and the first occurring in association with a scleractinian coral.

Subjects

Classification , Copepoda , Corals , Crustacea , Cryptopontius tanacredii , Easter Island , Pocillopora damicornis

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3370 2002

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2002)370<0001:ANSOCC>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 50170266