Creopelates

Uyeno, Daisuke, 2015, Systematic revision of the pennellid genus Creopelates Shiino, 1958 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) and the proposal of a new genus, Zootaxa 3904 (3), pp. 359-386 : 374

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:637EF6A8-E69B-412F-8405-C229581FB8EB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098539
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F30807F-FFD3-FFE7-A3D9-F98DB216F875
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Creopelates
status

Treatment

Creopelates sp.

Haemobaphes dilectus: Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 , p. 38–39

Remarks. The copepod was described by Leigh-Sharpe (1934) based on three postmetamorphic adult females collected from Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes) (as Gobius variabilis ) ( Perciformes : Gobiidae ) on Ambon reef, Banda Sea, Indonesia as a species of the genus Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 . One of the distinctive characters of Creopelates is the possession of the neck region fringed by at least one paired, finely digitate lobes; its presence in H. dilectus indicates that it is a member of Creopelates . According to Leigh-Sharpe (1934), all type specimens lacked the cephalothorax and most of the neck region. Hence, it is impossible to identify the species and I recommend, therefore, that Haemobaphes dilectus is transferred to Creopelates as a species inquirendum.