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A New Species of Dactylopusioides (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) Infesting a Brown Alga, Dictyota Dichotoma in Japan

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Dactylopusioides fodiens sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) is described from the west seaboard of Japan on the Sea of Japan. The species infests a brown alga, Dictyota dichotoma. It lives in galleries that it makes by eating the interior of the thallus.

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  1. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nadaku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Takaki Shimono

  2. Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Usa-cho, Tosa, Kochi, 781-1164, Japan; Tel.:

    Nozomu Iwasaki

  3. Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas, Rokkodai, Nadaku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Hiroshi Kawai

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Shimono, T., Iwasaki, N. & Kawai, H. A New Species of Dactylopusioides (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) Infesting a Brown Alga, Dictyota Dichotoma in Japan. Hydrobiologia 523, 9–15 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYDR.0000033076.17260.19

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