POECILOSTOMATOID COPEPODS FROM THE CORAL LEPTORIA-TENUIS IN NEW-CALEDONIA

Three new copepods (Poecilostomatoida: Anchimolgidae) are described, a ssociated with the scleractinian coral Leptoria tenuis (Dana) near Nou mea, New Caledonia. Panjakus directus n. sp. has an elongate caudal ra mus, the formula II,I,5 on the third segment of the exopod of leg 4, a nd the free segment of leg 5 is elongate. Panjakus necopinus n. sp. ha s II,I,5 on the third segment of the exopod of leg 3, and lacks auricu lar lobes on the somite bearing leg 4. Juxtandrianellus probus n. gen. , n. sp., has the unusual formula II,4 on the third segment of the end opod of leg 1 in the female, and the endopod of leg 4 has the formula 0-1;I.