Corallovexiidae
| Corallovexiidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Corallovexiidae Stock, 1975 |
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The Corallovexiidae are a family of parasitic copepods 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
- Corallonoxia baki Stock, 1975
- Corallonoxia longicauda Stock, 1975
- Corallovexia Stock, 1975
- 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). G. A. Boxshall & H. K. Schminke, ed. "Biology of Copepods". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 545–547. doi:10.1007/BF00026350.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ T. Chad Walter (2010). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, ed. "Corallovexiidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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