BOHOLINA, A NEW GENUS (COPEPODA, CALANOIDA) WITH 2 NEW SPECIES FROM AN ANCHIALINE CAVE IN THE PHILIPPINES Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Two new copepods were found in an inland marine cave in Bohol. The new genus, Boholina, is considered to belong to a family of its own, the Boholiniidae, showing affinities to both the Pseudocyclopidae and the Ridgewayiidae. The species have fused pedigers 4 and 5, a 3-segmented urosome in the female and a 4-segmented one in the male. The 5th legs and the widely separate gonopores in females are reminiscent of species of Pseudo- cyclops. The cephalosome is reminiscent of species of Ridgewayia. The two species B. crassicephala sp.n. and B. purgata sp.n. are best distinguished from each other by their relative length of the 1st antennae, the shape of the posterior corners of pedigers 2 and 3, and 5th legs of the males. 1989 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

published proceedings

  • SARSIA

altmetric score

  • 0.5

author list (cited authors)

  • FOSSHAGEN, A., & ILIFFE, T. M.

citation count

  • 20

complete list of authors

  • FOSSHAGEN, A||ILIFFE, TM

publication date

  • January 1989