Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A new species of Stellicola Kossmann, 1877 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) off the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsula

  • Published:
Hydrobiologia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This is the first report of a Stellicola in the Atlantic Ocean. Members of the genus had previously been found only in the Indo-Pacific. A new species, Stellicola hochbergi, is described and compared with S. caeruleus (Stebbing, 1900), S. femineus Humes & Ho, 1967, S. illgi Humes & Stock, 1973, and S. novaecaledoniae Humes, 1976. Stellicola hochbergi may be distinguished from its congeners by: a) endopod of leg 4 with formula of 0–1; II, 1; b) third segment of the exopod of leg 3 with formula of III,I,5; c) genital segment with two dorsal elevations; d) free segment of leg 5 more than 3:1; and e) genital segment much wider than long (135 × 220 µm).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Humes, A. G., 1976a. Cyclopoid copepods associated with asteroid echinoderms in New Caledonia. Smith. Contr. Zool. 217.

  • Humes, A. G., 1976b. Distribution and hosts of Stellicola (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) associated with Linckia (Asteroidea) in the IndoWest Pacific. Beaufortia 321: 49–61.

    Google Scholar 

  • Humes, A. G., 1986. Synopsis of copepods associated with asteroid echinoderms, including new species from the Moluccas. J. Nat. His. 20: 981–1020.

    Google Scholar 

  • Humes, A. G. & J.-S. Ho, 1967. New species of Stellicola (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) associated with starfishes in Madagascar, with a redescription of S. caeruleus (Stebbing, 1900). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool. 15: 201–255.

    Google Scholar 

  • Humes, A. G. & J. H. Stock, 1972. Preliminary notes on a revision of the Lichomolgidae, Cyclopoid Copepods mainly associated with marine invertebrates. Bull. Zool. Mus., Univ. Amsterdam 2: 121–133.

    Google Scholar 

  • Humes, A. G. & J. H. Stock, 1973. A revision of the family Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with the marine invertebrates. Smith. Contr. Zool. 127: 308 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stebbing, T. R. R., 1900. On Crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty and elsewhere collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897, part 5: 605–690.

  • Thompson, I. C. & A. Scott, 1903. Report on the Copepoda collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Rept. Govt. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fish. Gulf of Manaar, part 1, suppl. rept. 7: 227–307.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Animal. Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080, Sevilla, Spain

    Pablo J. López-González

  2. Laboratio de Parasitología. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, Apdo. 874, Vigo, Spain

    Santiago Pascual

Authors
  1. Pablo J. López-González
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Santiago Pascual
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

López-González, P.J., Pascual, S. A new species of Stellicola Kossmann, 1877 (Copepoda, Lichomolgidae) off the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Hydrobiologia 339, 1–6 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008906

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008906

Keywords

Search

Navigation