Ogawa, K. & K. Matsuzaki. (2015). First record of gall-forming copepods on hydrocorals from the Pacific coast of Japan, with descriptions of one new genus and two new species. Biogeography. 17:27-36.

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10.11358/biogeo.17.27 [view]

Ogawa, K. & K. Matsuzaki

2015

17:27-36.

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Darumamyzon japonicum gen. et sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida, Asterocheridae) and H zon stockii sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida, Asterocheridae) the first Japanese species of gall-forming copepods are described from stylasterine corals along the Pacific coast of Japan. Their respective hosts are Stylaster profundiporus typica (Broch, 1936) and S. gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Revised keys to the gallforming copepod genera from stylasterines and to the females of the species of Hammatimyzon are given. Key words: gall-forming copepods, Darumamyzon japonicum gen. et sp. nov., Hammatimyzon stockii sp. nov., key, hydrocorals, NW Pacific Ocean, Japan

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