Shodipo Mary O, Sikkel Paul C, Smit Nico J, Hadfield Kerry A
Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, 6200, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences Program, Arkansas State University, PO Box 599, State University, Jonesboro, AR, 72467, USA.
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2021 Mar 20;14:355-367. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.03.004. eCollection 2021 Apr.
Due to their unusual life cycle that includes parasitic larval and free living adult stages, gnathiid isopods are typically overlooked in biodiversity surveys, even those that focus on parasites. While the Philippines sits within the region of highest marine biodiversity in the world, the coral triangle, no gnathiid species have been identified or described from that region. Here we present the first records of two gnathiid species collected from the Visayas, central Philippines: Müller, 1993, previously described from Malaysia, and Tanaka, 2004, previously described from southern Japan. This paper provides detailed morphological redescriptions, drawings and scanning electron microscope images as well as the first molecular characterisation of both species, Furthermore, a summary of the Central-Indo Pacific species is provided.
由于其独特的生命周期，包括寄生幼虫阶段和自由生活的成虫阶段，桡足类等足动物在生物多样性调查中通常被忽视，即使是那些专注于寄生虫的调查。菲律宾位于世界上海洋生物多样性最高的地区——珊瑚三角区内，但该地区尚未发现或描述过任何桡足类物种。在此，我们展示了从菲律宾中部米沙鄢群岛采集到的两种桡足类物种的首次记录：1993年描述于马来西亚的穆勒氏桡足类，以及2004年描述于日本南部的田中氏桡足类。本文提供了这两个物种详细的形态学重新描述、绘图和扫描电子显微镜图像，以及它们的首次分子特征描述。此外，还提供了中印度洋-太平洋地区物种的总结。
