First record of Caromiobenella helgolandica (Claus, 1863) (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) from the Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf

Biji Thomas; Karuppasamy Manikandan; Mohammed Qurban; Todd Clardy; Arumugam Sundaramanickam; Eduardo Suárez-Morales

doi:10.15560/18.3.575

First record of Caromiobenella helgolandica (Claus, 1863) (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) from the Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf

Biji Thomas^*
, Karuppasamy Manikandan
, Mohammed Qurban
, Todd Clardy
, Arumugam Sundaramanickam
, Eduardo Suárez-Morales

^*Corresponding author for this work

Applied Research Center for Environment and Marine Studies

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Abstract

Caromiobenella helgolandica (Claus, 1863), a presumedly widespread monstrilloid copepod, is reported for the first time from Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf; only females were found in zooplankton samples collected from Tarut Bay in the Arabian Gulf. Caromiobenella Jeon, Lee, & Soh, 2018 is a recently described genus that is distinguished by having modified male antennules. The nauplii of monstrilloid copepods are endoparasitic on molluscs and polychaetes, while the adults are free-living reproductive forms. This study is an unprecedented record of C. helgolandica from the Arabian Gulf region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	575-581
Number of pages	7
Journal	Check List
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.575
State	Published - 2022

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Keywords

Antennule
monospecificity
oral papilla
ovigerous spine
semi-parasitic

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Animal Science and Zoology
Plant Science
Insect Science

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First record of Caromiobenella helgolandica (Claus, 1863) (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) from the Saudi waters of the Arabian Gulf

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