FIVE NEW COEXISTING SPECIES OF COPEPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE GENUS SPANIOMOLGUS (POECILOSTOMATOIDA: RHYNCHOMOLGIDAE), SYMBIONTS OF THE STONY CORAL STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA (SCLERACTINIA)

Spaniomolgus is a symbiotic genus of copepods of the poecilostomatoid family Rhynchomolgidae and is known to be associated with shallow-water reef-building hermatypic corals.Three species of this genus were previously found only in washings of Acropora and Stylophora in northern Madagascar.Four coral morphotypes of Stylophora pistillata (Pocillopor

Bridgitte Shen Lee, 1 Alan G Kabat, 2 Jason Bacharach, 3 Paul Karpecki, 4 Jodi Luchs 5 1Vision Optique, Houston, TX, USA; 2Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Elkins Park, PA, USA; 3Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute, Boynton Beach, FL, USA; 4Kentucky Eye Institute, Lexington, KY, USA; 5Florida Vision Institute, West Palm Beach, FL, USACorresponden