Revisiting the octopicolid copepods (Octopicolidae: Octopicola Humes, 1957): comparative morphology and an updated key to species

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Francisca I Cavaleiro (Author) Other; Ju Shey Ho (Author) Other; Raul Iglesias (Author) Other; Jose M Garcia Estevez (Author) Other; Maria J Santos (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Systematic Parasitology

Vol. 86

Pages: 77-86

ISSN: 0165-5752

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Health sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-006-7X3

DOI: 10.1007/s11230-013-9431-x

Abstract (EN): A review of the present state of knowledge on the octopicolid copepods (Octopicolidae: Octopicola Humes, 1957) is presented. Characteristic morphological features are illustrated with scanning electron micrographs of Octopicola superba superba Humes, 1957. Comparative morphology analysis led to the conclusion that there is sufficient evidence to justify raising the two subspecies of O. superba to full species rank. A new identification key for the four species of Octopicola Humes, 1957, i.e. O. superba Humes, 1957, O. antillensis Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963, O. stocki Humes, 1963 and O. regalis Humes, 1974, is proposed after evaluation of the morphological characters which vary more markedly between them. Among other characters, these species differ in the ornamentation of the third antennal segment, maxilla and male maxilliped. They are further distinguished by a combination of several character states concerning the fifth pedigerous somite.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10