Ceratosomicola japonica

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea 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.