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Corallovexia longibrachium Stock, 1975 
AphiaID: 350327

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Corallovexiidae (Family) > Corallovexia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Corallovexia Stock, 1975
Sources  original description: Stock, J.H.. 1975. Corallovexiidae, a new family of transformed copepods endoparasitic in reef corals, with two new genera and ten new species from Curaçao. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao 47(155):1-45, figs. 1-114. (Uitgaven natuurwetensch. Studiekring Suriname ned. Antillen, 83). [details]

basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: endoparasitic in Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Distribution: Piscadera Bay and Blauw Bay om Ciracap [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:350327
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Corallovexia longibrachium Stock, 1975. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=350327 on 2013-05-23
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