Cyclopoid Copepods (Lichomolgidae) Associated with Hydroids in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean

Abstract

Eight poecilostome copepods, two of them new, are reported from shallow-water hydroids at various points around Banda, Ceram, and Halmahera in the Moluccas and near Noumea in New Caledonia. From Aglaophenia cupressina Lamouroux: Macrochiron angulare n. sp.; M. cheliferum (Thompson & A. Scott, 1903); M. valgum Humes, 1966; M. vervoorti Humes & De Maria, 1969; and Telestacicola sertus n. sp. From Lytocarpus balei Nutting: M. lobatum Humes & De Maria, 1969. From Lytocarpus philippinus (Kirchenpauer): M. lytocarpi Humes, 1966 and M. rostratum Humes, 1966. These records comprise two new hosts and five range extensions from Madagascar.