Two morpho-types of Botryllophilus (Cyclopoida, Ascidicolidae)
Ooishi, S.; llg, P.L. (1988). Two morpho-types of Botryllophilus (Cyclopoida, Ascidicolidae), in: Boxshall, G.A. et al. Biology of copepods: Proceedings of the third international conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiology, 47: pp. 561-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3103-9_65 In: Boxshall, G.A.; Schminke, H.K. (Ed.) (1988). Biology of copepods: Proceedings of the third international conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiology, 47. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht/Boston/London. ISBN 978-94-010-7895-5; e-ISBN 978-94-009-3103-9. XII, 639 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3103-9, more In: Dumont, H.J. (Ed.) Developments in Hydrobiology. Kluwer Academic/Springer: The Hague; London; Boston; Dordrecht. ISSN 0167-8418, more |
| Keywords | Ascidicolidae Thorell, 1859 [WoRMS]; Botryllophilinae; Botryllophilus Hesse, 1864 [WoRMS]; Cyclopoida [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | Botryllophilinae; Morpho-types |
| Abstract | In taxonomic studies (in preparation) of the genus Botryllophilus from the eastern and western coastal waters of the Pacific and from the northern Gulf of California, we have found that the females are morphologically divided into 2 types. The 2 morpho-types in our material, which includes 10 species, are characterized by features of the urosome including anal segment and caudal rami, rostrum, antennule, antenna, mandible, maxillule, maxilla, maxilliped, 1st to 5th legs, and the apparatus at the oviducal aperture. These characters are described and the significance of the recognition of the 2 morpho-types is discussed for the purpose of solving taxonomic problems in Botryllophilus. |
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