Cavaleiro Francisca I, Ho Ju-Shey, Iglesias Raúl, García-Estévez José M, Santos Maria J
Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, Edifício FC4, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
Syst Parasitol. 2013 Sep;86(1):77-86. doi: 10.1007/s11230-013-9431-x. Epub 2013 Aug 15.
A review of the present state of knowledge on the octopicolid copepods (Octopicolidae: Octopicola Humes, 1957) is presented. Characteristic morphological features are illustrated with scanning electron micrographs of Octopicola superba superba Humes, 1957. Comparative morphology analysis led to the conclusion that there is sufficient evidence to justify raising the two subspecies of O. superba to full species rank. A new identification key for the four species of Octopicola Humes, 1957, i.e. O. superba Humes, 1957, O. antillensis Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963, O. stocki Humes, 1963 and O. regalis Humes, 1974, is proposed after evaluation of the morphological characters which vary more markedly between them. Among other characters, these species differ in the ornamentation of the third antennal segment, maxilla and male maxilliped. They are further distinguished by a combination of several character states concerning the fifth pedigerous somite.
本文对八腕哲水蚤（八腕哲水蚤科：八腕哲水蚤属，休姆斯，1957年）的现有知识状况进行了综述。通过1957年的超级八腕哲水蚤的扫描电子显微镜图像展示了其特征性形态特征。比较形态学分析得出结论，有充分证据证明将超级八腕哲水蚤的两个亚种提升为完整物种是合理的。在评估了1957年八腕哲水蚤属的四个物种（即1957年的超级八腕哲水蚤、1963年的安的列斯八腕哲水蚤、1963年的斯托克八腕哲水蚤和1974年的帝王八腕哲水蚤）之间差异更为明显的形态特征后，提出了一个新的鉴定检索表。在其他特征中，这些物种在第三触角节、上颌和雄性颚足的纹饰上有所不同。它们还通过与第五胸节相关的几个特征状态的组合进一步区分开来。
