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Corallovexia spec.

Classification

Corallovexia [genus] (9)
spec. [species]

Classification

Corallovexia [genus] (9)
spec. [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
Distribution description Associated with the Cnidarian host Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786).

Publications

  • Korzhavina, O.A., Hoeksema, B.W., Ivanenko, V.N. 2019. A review of Caribbean Copepoda associated with reef-dwelling cnidarians, echinoderms and sponges. Contributions to Zoology. [link]
  • Stock, J.H 1975. Corallovexiidae, a new family of transformed copepods endoparasitic in reef corals. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 47: 1-45.