• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.109-140
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• 2004

Seven new species of cope pods associated with marine invertebrates are described from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. They are Panjakus bidentis from the scleractinian Pocillopora verrucosa (Ellis and Solander), Scyphuliger humesi, S. vicinus and S. placidus from the scleractinian Acropora squarrosa (Ehrenberg), Doridicola parapatulus from the nudibranch Glossodoris atromarginata (Cuvier), Ruhtra germinata from an unidentified alcyonacean coral, and Collocheres oribullatus from the crinoid Comanthina belli (Carpenter).

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• no.nspc6
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• pp.1-126
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• 2007

Thirty new species consisting of 24 poecilostomatoid and six siphonostomatoid copepods are described as associates of marine invertebrates from the Moluccas. New taxa in the order Poecilostomatoida are Amarda curvus n. sp., Anchimolgus gracilipes n. sp., A. partenuipes n. sp., A. parangensis n. sp., A. hastatus n. sp., Andrianellus papillipes n. sp., Exodontomolgus communis n. gen. n. sp., Jamescookina moluccensis n. sp., Odontomolgus flammeus n. sp., O. parvus n. sp., O. pavonus n. sp., Paranchimolgus parallelus n. gen. n. sp., and Scyphuliger karangmiensis n. sp. in the family Anchimolgidae; Enalcyonium circulatum n. sp. and E. ceramensis n. sp. in the family Lamippidae; Parastericola rimosus n. gen. n. sp. in the family Lichomolgidae; Pseudanthessius truncus n. sp. and P. planus n. sp. in the family Pseudanthessiidae; Acanthomolgus gomumuensis n. sp., A. dispadactylus n. sp., A. bandaensis n. sp., A. ambonensis n. sp., Kombia avitus n. sp. and Pionomolgus moluccensis n. sp. in the family Rhynchomolgiae. New taxa in the order Siphonostomatoida are Cryptopontius acutus n. sp. in the family Artotrogidae; Asteropontius fungicola n. sp., A. gonioporae n. sp., Collocheres humesi n. sp. and C. amicus n. sp. in the family Asterocheridae; and Molucomes ovatus n. gen. n. sp. in the family Stellicomitidae. Species new to the Moluccas and new host records are also included. Lists of 263 species of associated copepods known from the Moluccas and their 135 species of invertebrate hosts are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• no.spc4
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• pp.1-167
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• 2003

Copepods associated with marine invertebrates are recorded from New Caledonia. Included are three new genera and 30 new species which are distributed in the poecilostomatoid and siphonostomatoid genera Anchimolgus (5 new species), Jamescookina (2), Odontomologus (2), Schedomolgus (3), and Scyphuliger (5) in the Anchimolgidae; Pterioidicola n. gen. (1) in the Lichomolgidae; Critomolgus (3), Doridicola (1), Paramolgus (1), and Pachysericola n. gen. (1) in the Rhynchomolgidae; Ruhtra n. gen. (1) in an uncertain family; and Asteropontius (5) in the Asterocheridae. Copepods new to New Caledonia and new host records are also included. Lists of 251 species of copepods known hitherto from New Caledonia and their 163 species of invertebrate hosts are provided, as well.