Species Odontomolgus bulbalis Humes, 1991
- Odontomolgus bulbalis Humes, A.G. 1991. Copepoda associated with scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef, northeastern Australia, with a key to the genera of Lichomolgidae. Journal of Natural History 25: 1171-1231 [1211].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀ (specimens found on Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander), in 3m, Big Broadhurst Reef on 01/11/1982; account numbers not provided by author), Great Barrier Reef [18°58'03"S 147°45'04"E].
Paratype(s) USNM ♂ (specimens found on Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander), in 3m, Big Broadhurst Reef on 01/11/1982; account numbers not provided by author), Great Barrier Reef [18°58'03"S 147°45'04"E]; USNM 6♀ 3♂ (specimens found on Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander), in 3m, Big Broadhurst Reef on 01/11/1982; account numbers not provided by author), Great Barrier Reef [18°58'03"S 147°45'04"E]; whereabouts unknown 2♀ 1♂ (specimens found on Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander), in 3m, Big Broadhurst Reef on 01/11/1982; account numbers not provided by author; these paratypes remain in authors private collection), Great Barrier Reef [18°58'03"S 147°45'04"E].
Distribution
States
Queensland
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coral reef, ectoparasitic.
Diagnosis
The relative length of the third and fourth segments of the second antenna is a useful character for distinguishing this species from congeners. In most species of Odontomolgus the fourth segment of the second antenna is equal to or shorter than the third segment. Only in O. mundulus Humes, 1974b, is the fourth segment longer than the third. However O. mundulus, with the length of the female 1.90 mm (1.79-2.11 mm) and the length of the male 1.67 mm (1.60-1.79 mm), is much larger than this species. Moreover, in O. mundulus the second antenna in the male is sexually dimorphic, and the free segment of leg 5 in the female is smaller, 78 x 34 µm, with a ratio of only 2.29 : 1.
History of changes
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26-Jun-2023 | 30-Apr-2012 | MOVED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |