Copepods (Poecilostomatoida : Lichomolgidae) associated with the scleractinian coral Gardineroseris planulata in the Moluccas

Abstract

Six new poecilostomatoid copepods associated with the scleractinian coral Gardineroseris planulata (Dana) at Poelau Gomumu in the Moluccas are described. These include two new genera and species, Euxynus capulus and Moluccomolgus lordus, and four new species of the genus Paramolgus, P. angustus, P. eparmafoides, P. gibberulus, and P. setellus.