Concerning copepods on Sabellids, I got this information from Rony Huys:
Hope that is useful
Gordon Paterson
Rony writes:
The copepods are most likely members of the Sabelliphilidae Gurney, 1927
(order Poecilostomatoida) which are associates of polychaete worms, the
only exception being Phoronicola which was found on a phoronid worm in Hong
Kong. The host taxa of the remaining genera are all tubicolous polychaetes,
usually either members of the Sabellidae (copepod genera Sabelliphilus M.
Sars, 1862; Myxomolgus Humes & Stock, 1972 ; Myxomolgoides Humes, 1975; and
Nasomolgus Sewell, 1949) or of the family Serpulidae (genera Serpuliphilus
Humes & Stock, 1972 and Acaenomolgus Humes & Stock, 1972). The host of
Eupolymniphilus Humes & Boxshall, 1996 belongs to the Terebellidae.
Useful references are:
Humes, A.G. & J.H. Stock (1973). A revision of the family Lichomolgidae
Kossmann, 1877, cyclopoid copepods mainly associated with marine
invertebrates. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 127: 1-386.
Humes, A.G. (1975) Cyclopoid copepods associated with marine invertebrates
in Mauritius. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56: 171-181.
A key to genera of Sabelliphilidae is found in:
Humes, A.G. & G.A. Boxshall (1996). A revision of the lichomolgoid complex
(Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida), with the recognition of six new families.
Journal of Natural History, 30: 175-227.
regards
Rony
Rony HUYS
Crustacea Research Group
Department of Zoology
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, LONDON, SW7 5BD.
internet: r.huys at nhm.ac.uk
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[Ah! That last is probably the one I partly remembered. Thanks :-)
GBR (Moderator)]
