The Morphology, Life Cycle and Phylogeny of Tantulocarida (Crustacea : Maxillopoda)
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- OHTSUKA Susumu
- Fisheries Laboratory, Hiroshima University
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- ヒメヤドリエビTantulocarida (Crustacea : Maxillopoda)の形態,生活環,系統分類について
- ヒメヤドリエビ Tantulocarida Crustacea Maxillo
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Abstract
The Tantulocarida are small maxillopodan crustaceans ectoparasitic on amphipods, cumaceans, isopods, tanaidaceans, copepods and ostracods. The group consists of five families, 17 genera, and 25 species, two of which have so far been recorded in Japanese waters. Their taxonomy is based mainly on the morphology of their tantulus larvae and, in addition, adult females and males. Recently two life cycles have been discovered in tantulocaridans : parthenogenetic and sexual. The dispersal phases are tantulus larvae and sexual males and females, all of which are non-feeding stages. Host-specificity seems to be relatively low because a single species has been found infesting nine species of copepods in six families and three orders. These parasites may suppress their hosts' ecdysis. Future studies on the Tantulocarida are proposed.
Journal
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- Taxa, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
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Taxa, Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 2 (0), 3-12, 1997
The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679691476608
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- NII Article ID
- 110002537962
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- NII Book ID
- AN1056362X
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- ISSN
- 21897298
- 13422367
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- NDL BIB ID
- 4140848
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed
