Splanchnotrophus helianthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ergasilida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Cyclopoida Subordo: Ergasilida

Familia: Splanchnotrophidae
Genus: Splanchnotrophus
Species: Splanchnotrophus helianthus

Name

• Splanchnotrophus helianthus Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012: figs. 1C, D5, 7

Holotype: NSMT–Cr 22244, ♀, ex body cavity of Thecacera pennigera (Montagu) (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae).

Type locality: Off Matoba Beach, Takehara, Hiroshima, Seto Inland Sea, Japan (34°19'29"N, 132°55'21"E), 15 m depth, 17 February 2009.

Etymology: The specific name “helianthus” is from the Latin meaning sunflower. The live body color of this new species is yellowish, and the egg sacs attached on the host nudibranch look like flowers.

References

• Uyeno, Daisuke & K. Nagasawa, 2012: Four new species of splanchnotrophid copepods (Poecilostomatoida) parasitic on doridacean nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia) from Japan, with proposition of one new genus. ZooKeys, 247: 1–29. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.247.3698.