Proceedings of 
the United States 
National Museum 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION + WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Volume 125 1968 Number 3661 
Cyclopoid Copepods of the Genus Lichomolgus 
Associated with Octocorals of the 
Family Nephtheidae in Madagascar 
By Arthur G. Humes and Ju-Shey Ho ! 
_ Only one lichomolgid copepod, Lichomolgus spinulifer Humes and 
Frost, 1964, has been reported as an associate of nephtheid octocorals 
in Madagascar, where it lives on Lemnalia sp. This paper deals 
with six new species of Lichomolgus and with L. spinulifer washed 
from various species of Nephtheidae in the region of Nosy Bé in 
orthwestern Madagascar. 
_ All collections were made by A. G. Humes, those in 1960 during 
an expedition sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia, and those in 1963-64 as part of the U.S. Program in 
iology of the International Indian Ocean Expedition. 
The study of the specimens has been aided by a grant (GB-5838) 
from the National Science Foundation of the United States. 
All figures have been drawn with the aid of a camera lucida. The 
etter after the explanation of each figure refers to the scale at which 
it was drawn. The abbreviations used are: A,=first antenna, A,=sec- 
ond antenna, L=labrum, MX PD=maxilliped, and P,;=leg 1. 
All descriptions are based on type material. The measurements of 
he length of the body have been made in all cases from specimens in 
1 Both authors: Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 
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