NOTES ON THREE SPECIES OF HARPACTICOID COPEPODA, PORCELLIDIUM SP., PELTIDIUM OVALE THOMPSON & A. SCOTT, AND DACTYLOPUSIA (?) -PLATYSOMA THOMPSON & A. SCOTT, FROM TANABE BAY-

Abstract

The present paper deals with three species of Harpacticoid Copepoda, Porcellidium sp. (Porcellidiidae), Peltidium ovate THOMPSON & A. SCOTT (Peltidiidae) and Dactylopusia (?) platysoma THOMPSON & A. SCOTT (Thalestridae ?) from Tanabe Bay, Kii Peninsula. They were found in a small collection of Copepoda collected by the Dragonet II, an opening-closing quantitative trawl, during a survey of the meioepibenthos fauna of Tanabe Bay, in March 1966 (see BIERI and TOKIOKA, 1968). I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Tune SAKAI for his interest and encouragement. I am greatly indebted to Associate Professor Takasi TOKIOKA of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory for his kind help and for the specimens which were offered me at my disposal for study. My warmest thanks are also due to Professor Huzio UTINOMI of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory and Professor Masao IWASA of the Seikei University for their valuable advices and encouragement.