Geographic distribution of a gall-inducing copepod Allopodion ryukyuensis on Montipora corals along Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and Green Island, Taiwan

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Allopodion ryukyuensis is a gall-inducing copepod of Montipora coral that has been collected from the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan. The current study was conducted to elucidate its geographic distribution along the Ryukyu Archipelago from Yonaguni Island to Amami Island, including Green Island, Taiwan. The result shows that A. ryukyuensis was found from Montipora collected from all study sites.