- Corallovexiidae
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Corallovexiidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Maxillopoda Subclass: Copepoda Order: Cyclopoida Family: Corallovexiidae
Stock, 1975Genera - Corallonoxia Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia Stock, 1975
Corallovexiidae is a family of parasitic copepods. They are associated with corals and, together with members of the family Asterocheridae, dominate their ecological niche in the West Indies; in the Indo-Pacific, they are replaced by the families Lichomolgidae and Xarifiidae.[1]
The family contains two genera and 10 species, all described by Jan Hendrik Stock in 1975:[2]
- Corallonoxia Stock, 1975
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- Corallonoxia baki Stock, 1975
- Corallonoxia longicauda Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia Stock, 1975
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- Corallovexia brevibrachium Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia dorsospinosa Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia kristenseni Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia longibrachium Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia mediobrachium Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia mixtibrachium Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia similis Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia ventrospinosa Stock, 1975
References
- ^ Jan H. Stock (1988). Copepods associated with reef corals: a comparison between the Atlantic and the Pacific. In G. A. Boxshall & H. K. Schminke. "Biology of Copepods". Hydrobiologia 167–168 (1): 545–547. doi:10.1007/BF00026350.
- ^ T. Chad Walter (2010). "Corallovexiidae". In T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345957. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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