Cholidya polypi (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Tisbidae), a parasite of deep-sea octopuses in the North Atlantic and northeastern Pacific

The female of the harpacticoid Cholidya polypi Farran, 1914, is redescribed and the male is described for the first time. This copepod parasite of octopuses, reported previously only from Benthoctopus (= Polypus) ergasticus off Ireland, is here documented from the North Atlantic east of Florida on T...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ophelia
Main Authors: Humes, Arthur G., Voight, Janet R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 1997
Subjects:
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53090/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53090/1/3888.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1997.10432478
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Summary:The female of the harpacticoid Cholidya polypi Farran, 1914, is redescribed and the male is described for the first time. This copepod parasite of octopuses, reported previously only from Benthoctopus (= Polypus) ergasticus off Ireland, is here documented from the North Atlantic east of Florida on Tetracheledone spinicirrus and off North Carolina and New Jersey on Bathypolypus anticus, and from the northeastern Pacific west of Oregon and Washington on Graneledone pacifica and off central California on Graneledone spp.

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