Critomolgus anthopleurus Kim I.H., 1996

Lee, Jimin, Chang, Cheon Young & Kim, Il-Hoi, 2022, Symbiotic copepods (Cyclopoida and Siphonostomatoida) collected by light trap from Korea, ZooKeys 1115, pp. 1-71 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1115.83266

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E233F1-0EF7-4D2D-BD4A-A32AE7C4DF5E

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5BD612D9-0523-58B0-95A8-44D93F960C78

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scientific name

Critomolgus anthopleurus Kim I.H., 1996
status

 

Critomolgus anthopleurus Kim I.H., 1996

Material examined.

One ♀, Site 4, 19 Jul. 2016.

Remarks.

The host of this copepod is the actiniarian Anthopleura anjunae Den Hartog & Vennam, 1993. The previously recorded host name Anthopleura midori Uchida & Muramatsu, 1958 is a junior synonym of A. anjunae ( WoRMS Editorial Board 2021). It is remarkable that C. anthopleurus is an internal associate, living within the gastrovascular cavity of the actiniarian, but can be attracted to light.