Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ergasilida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Copepoda
Infraclassis: Neocopepoda
Superordo: Podoplea
Ordo: Cyclopoida
Subordo: Ergasilida

Familia: Splanchnotrophidae
Genus: Ceratosomicola
Species: Ceratosomicola japonica

Name

  • Ceratosomicola japonica Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012: figs. 1A, B2, ​44
Holotype: NSMT–Cr 22240, ♀, ex body cavity of Hypselodoris festiva (A. Adams) (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae).
Type locality: Off Irukabana, Nohmi-jima Island, Hiroshima, Seto Inland Sea, Japan (34°13'49"N, 132°23'7"E), 5 m depth, 11 December 2010.
Etymology: The specific name of the new species “japonica” refers to Japan, where it was collected. Hypselodoris festiva, the type host of this new species, is widely distributed around the Japanese archipelago and is one of the common nudibranchs of Japan.

References

  • Uyeno, Daisuke & K. Nagasawa, 2012: Four new species of splanchnotrophid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) parasitic on doridacean nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia) from Japan, with proposition of one new genus. ZooKeys, 247: 1–29. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.247.3698.
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