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A new family of cyclopoid copepods (Fratiidae) symbiotic in the ascidian (Clavelina dellavallei) from Cádiz, Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1998

Ju-shey Ho ,
Mercedes Conradi  and
Pablo J. López-González
Ju-shey Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, U.S.A.
Mercedes Conradi
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología, Fac. Ciencias del Mar. Universidad de Cádiz. Apdo. 40, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Pablo J. López-González
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1095, 41080-Sevilla, Spain
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Abstract

Fratia gaditana, n. gen., n. sp., is described based on the specimens obtained from the atrium of the ascidian, Clavelina dellavallei (Zirpolo), collected at Tarifa Island in Cádiz, Spain. The new species belongs to a new family of Cyclopoida. Cladistic analysis revealed that phylogenetically it is closer to the Ascidicolidae than to the two other ascidicolous families, Archinotodelphyidae and Notodelphyidae.

Keywords

CopepodaCyclopoidaFratiidae new familyascidianClavellina
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 246 , Issue 1 , September 1998 , pp. 39 - 48
Copyright
1998 The Zoological Society of London

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