WoRMS taxon details
Corallovexia similis Stock, 1975
AphiaID: 350329
AphiaID: 350329
| 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, | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) [details] adult: parasitic: endoparasitic in Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| Note |
Distribution: from Jan Thiel Bay, Curacao [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:350329 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Corallovexia similis 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=350329 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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