Two new copepod genera (Poecilostomatoida) associated with the scleractinian coral Psammocora in New Caledonia

Abstract

The anchimolgid copepod Paraclamocus hiulcus gen. n., sp. n., associated with the coral Psammocora togianensis near Nouméa, New Caledonia, is remarkable for the form of its mandible, with the inner margin broadly and deeply incised. The rhynchomolgid copepod Numboa porosa gen. n., sp. n., associated with Psammocora contigua, has a much flattened, discoidal prosome with many small surficial pores and lacks leg 4 and the endopod of leg 3. More than 200 species of copepods are associated with New Caledonian invertebrates, 80 of them with Scleractinia.

New species ofAnchimolgus(Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Lichomolgidae) associated with the scleractinian coralGonioporain the southwest Pacific

“…Of these approximately 127 species have copepod associates (Humes, 1979a, for synopsis; and more recent references, for example, Humes, 1979bHumes, , 1981Humes, , 1984aHumes, , b, 1985aHumes, , b, 1986Humes, , 1990Humes, , 1991aHumes, , b, c, 1992aHumes, , b, 1993Dojiri, 1982, 1983;Nair, 1983;Nair and Pillai, 1984, 1985, 1987Dojiri, 1988;Humes and Stock, 1991).…”

Xarifiid Copepods (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Xarifiidae) Parasitic in the Coral Psammocora columna Dana, 1846 from Taiwan

“…According to the previous studies carried out from 1967 to 2010 [4,[6][7][8][9][10], 15 species of parasitic copepods have been discovered from a widely distributed scleractinian genus, Psammocora Dana, 1846 [11] throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including three highly modified cyclopoids: Xarifia diminuta Humes and Ho, 1967 [6], Xarifia formosa Humes, 1985 [4], Xarifia imitans Humes, 1985 [4]. Recently, Cheng and Lin reported three new species of Xarifia, Xarifia conrepta Cheng and Lin 2021 [12], Xarifia gracilis Cheng and Lin 2021 [12], and Xarifia lata Cheng and Lin 2021 [12], parasitic in Psammocora digitata Milne Edwards and Haime 1851 [13] from Taiwan.…”