A New Species of Thalestris (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) from Japan, Infesting the Red Alga Palmaria palmata

Yuka Takemori; Nozomu Iwasaki

doi:10.12782/specdiv.14.285

Species Diversity

Online ISSN : 2189-7301
Print ISSN : 1342-1670

A New Species of Thalestris (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) from Japan, Infesting the Red Alga Palmaria palmata

Yuka Takemori, Nozomu Iwasaki

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Keywords: Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Thalestris, red alga, palmaria, infestation, Japan

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2009 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 285-295

DOI https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.14.285

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Abstract

Thalestris hokkaidoensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) is described from Uchiura Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. The species infests the red alga Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Kuntze, living in galleries it makes in thalli. Thalestris hokkaidoensis is distinguished from congeneric species by the structure of P1 and P5.

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