COPEPODIDS OF DORIDICOLA-LONGICAUDA (CLAUS, 1860) (COPEPODA, POECILOSTOMATOIDA, LICHOMOLGIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH SEPIA-OFFICINALIS L

Authors
COSTANZO G CALAFIORE N CRESCENTI N
Citation
G. Costanzo et al., COPEPODIDS OF DORIDICOLA-LONGICAUDA (CLAUS, 1860) (COPEPODA, POECILOSTOMATOIDA, LICHOMOLGIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH SEPIA-OFFICINALIS L, Journal of crustacean biology, 14(3), 1994, pp. 601-608
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of crustacean biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02780372
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
601 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-0372(1994)14:3<601:COD(1(>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The five copepodid stages of Doridicola longicauda (Claus, 1860), a po ecilostomatoid copepod (family Lichomolgidae) living on the gills of S epia officinalis in Lake Fare, Messina, Italy, are described. Sexual d ifferentiation first occurs in copepodid V, in which the male and fema le maxillipeds are differently formed. The adult stages of the two sib ling species D. longicauda (Claus, 1860) and D. sepiae (Izawa, 1976) a re compared.