Splanchnotrophus imagawai

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: Splanchnotrophus
Species: Splanchnotrophus imagawai

Name

• Splanchnotrophus imagawai Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012: figs. 1E, F, 8, 9

Holotype: NSMT–Cr 22249, ♀, ex body cavity of Trapania miltabrancha Gosliner & Fahey (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae).

Type locality: Off Red Beach, Kin, Okinawa-jima Island, North Pacific Ocean, Japan (26°26'41"N, 127°54'39"E), 15 m depth, 23 April 2009.

Etymology: The specific name “imagawai” honours the collector of this new species, Mr. Kaoru Imagawa who is a professional diver. The discovery of the new species was brought by his extraordinary ability to find small nudibranch gastropods.

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.