On Mon, 13 May 1996 10:34:36 +0200
Sabine Cochrane <Sabine.Cochrane at akvaplan.niva.no> wrote:
>Subject: Parasites of Sabellids
>Does anyone out there have any experience with parasitic copepods which
>produce strings of eggs and are attached to the radiolar crown of
>Sabellid polychaetes? Any comments on the occurrence and morphology of
>these, or references to the literature would be greatly appreciated.
(...)
Hi, Sabine!
Try Humes & Stock 1973 to see what some of the older literature has to
offer:
Humes, Arthur G. & Jan H. Stock. 1973. A revision of the family
Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with
marine invertebrates. -- Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 127: v+368 pp.
For the family Sabelliphilidae Guerney, 1927, at least 18 genera have been
reported from sabellids; an index of host genera is also included. I don't
know if any of these produce strings of eggs, but Sabelliphilus elongatus M.
Sars, 1862, the type species of the genus, might be worth checking.
According to the remarks (p. 69), "This species always lives on the
branchial crown of the polychaete host." [host = Sabella sarsii Kro/yer (=
S. pavonina Savigny, Norway)] (No figures but lots of references.)
Best wishes,
Mary
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Mary E. Petersen
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
Tel +45-35 32 10 67 --- Fax +45-35 32 10 10
E-mail <mepetersen at zmuc.ku.dk>
