Two new species of poecilostomatoid copepods associated with the bivalve Dosinella penicillata in the Yellow Sea

Abstract

Twarao new species of poecilostomatoid copepods, each belonging to the genera Myicola (Myicolidae) and Conchyliurus (Clausidiidae), are described, based on specimens taken from the mantle cavity of the bivalve Dosinella penicillata (Reeve). The host bivalve was collected from the intertidal mud flat near Inchon in the Yellow Sea.

Key words:

• Copepoda
• Poecilostomatoida
• Myicola
• Conchyliurus
• New species
• Bivalvia
• Yellow Sea

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