Eucyclops bathanalicola, Boxshall & Strong, 2006

Boxshall, Geoffrey A. & Strong, Ellen E., 2006, An extraordinary shift in life habit within a genus of cyclopid copepods in Lake Tanganyika, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146 (2), pp. 275-285 : 276

EUCYCLOPS BATHANALICOLA SP. NOV.

Type material: Holotype female undissected, stored in alcohol, IRSNB no. IG 30500 : Paratype female dissected and mounted on glass slides, IRSNB no. IG 30499 .

Type locality: Off Cape Bwana n’Denge , Democratic Republic of Congo. 1000 m offshore along the coast, trawling starting 3 miles northwest of Lugumba until in front of the Lukuga River (Station 50). Dredged from diverse substrates including mud and rocks in 20–80 m depth (translated from Leloup, 1953) .

Host: Two ovigerous females located within inhalant region of mantle cavity in Bathanalia straeleni , attached to mantle floor just behind osphradium ( Fig. 1 ).

Etymology: the species name is derived from Bathanalia , the generic name of the host, and - icola meaning inhabitant.

Distribution: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

Figures

Figure 1. Position of Eucyclops bathanalicola sp. nov. within the mantle cavity of its host, Bathanalia straeleni. Scale bar, 1 mm. Abbreviations: ct, ctenidium; dg, digestive gland; f, foot; hgl, hypobranchial gland; int, intestine; kd, kidney; os, osphradium; ov, ovary; ovi, pallial oviduct; per, pericardium; sto, stomach; t, cephalic tentacle.